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daemon book
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daemon book /n./ "The Design and Implementation of the
4.3BSD UNIX Operating System", by Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk
McKusick, Michael J. Karels, and John S. Quarterman (Addison-Wesley
Publishers, 1989, ISBN 0-201-06196-1) -- the standard reference
book on the internals of BSD Unix. So called because the
cover has a picture depicting a little devil (a visual play on
daemon) in sneakers, holding a pitchfork (referring to one of
the characteristic features of Unix, the `fork(2)' system
call). Also known as the Devil Book.
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