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From: Stuff Received <stuff@riddermarkfarm.ca>
To: coff@tuhs.org
Subject: [COFF] Re: Terminology query - 'system process'?
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 13:30:08 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <dedd19c1-df24-e9d0-576b-c41dd7bf92e6@riddermarkfarm.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7wv8903rvi.fsf@junk.nocrew.org>

On 2023-12-15 01:24, Lars Brinkhoff wrote:
> For the record, daring to stray outside Unix, ITS originally had a
> "system job", and later split off a "core job".  Both running in monitor
> mode.  Job means the same thing as process here, and monitor same as
> kernel.
> 
> --- >8 --- cut and stop reading here --- >8 --- off topic --- >8 ---

 From https://www.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/coff

"The Computer Old Farts Forum provides a place for people to discuss the 
history of computers and their future."

It seems that you are well within bounds.

S.

  reply	other threads:[~2023-12-15 18:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-12-14 21:48 [COFF] " Noel Chiappa
2023-12-14 22:06 ` [COFF] " Bakul Shah
2023-12-14 22:12   ` Warner Losh
2023-12-14 22:09 ` Clem Cole
2023-12-15 14:20   ` Dan Cross
2023-12-15 16:25     ` Warner Losh
2023-12-15 17:13     ` Bakul Shah
2023-12-15  6:24 ` Lars Brinkhoff
2023-12-15 18:30   ` Stuff Received [this message]
2023-12-14 23:29 Noel Chiappa
2023-12-14 23:54 ` Larry McVoy
2023-12-15  1:15 ` Bakul Shah
2023-12-15 17:51   ` Paul Winalski
2023-12-15 18:08     ` Warner Losh
2023-12-16  2:04     ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2023-12-16 19:21       ` Paul Winalski
2023-12-16 19:44         ` Paul Winalski
2023-12-15 13:43 ` Dan Cross
2023-12-19 13:54 ` Derek Fawcus via COFF
2023-12-20 19:31 Noel Chiappa
2023-12-20 20:29 ` Paul Winalski
2023-12-31  3:51 ` steve jenkin
2023-12-20 20:35 Noel Chiappa

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