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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

McKusick, Marshall Kirk.
 The design and implementation of the FreeBSD operating system / Marshall
Kirk McKusick, George V. Neville-Neil.
   p. cm.
 Includes bibliographical references and index.
 ISBN 0-201-70245-2 (hc : alk. paper)
 1. FreeBSD. 2. Free computer software. 3. Operating systems
(Computers) I. Neville-Neil, George V. II. Title.
 
 QA76.76.O63M398745 2004
 005.3--dc22                                    2004010590

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Dedication

This book is dedicated to the BSD community.

Without the contributions of that community's members, there would be nothing about which to write.

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