List of Sidebars
Part I
Chapter 1. Systems
Sidebar 1.1: Stopping a Supertanker
Sidebar 1.2: Why Airplanes can’t Fly
Sidebar 1.3: Terminology: Words Used to Describe System Composition
Sidebar 1.4: The Cast of Characters and Organizations
Sidebar 1.5: How Modularity Reshaped the Computer Industry
Sidebar 1.6: Why Computer Technology has Improved Exponentially with Time
Chapter 2. Elements of Computer System Organization
Sidebar 2.1: Terminology: Durability, Stability, and Persistence
Sidebar 2.2: How Magnetic Disks Work
Sidebar 2.3: Representation: Pseudocode and Messages
Sidebar 2.4: What is an Operating System?
Sidebar 2.5: Human Engineering and the Principle of Least Astonishment
Chapter 3. The Design of Naming Schemes
Sidebar 3.1: Generating ...
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