Title :
Workstation Operating Systems: Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Workstation Operating Systems (WWOS-II) (Cat. No.89TH0281-6)
Abstract :
The following topics are dealt with: file implementation for very large distributed systems; workstation as global communication interface; shared memory for testing parallel algorithms; Guide operating system; fault-tolerant multiprocessor workstations; large-scale applications on workstation networks; PLURIX; object-oriented environments; virtual memory; Echo distributed file system; x-kernel; replicated servers for Ubik database; multimedia applications; at-most-once message based on synchronized clocks; file-server statelessness; Raven project; virtual systems; AIX3 technology; PROST; workstation-network communication interface; Mach; Coda file system; prototype information environment; open operating system; and Sprite. Abstracts of individual papers can be found under the relevant classification codes in this or other issues
Keywords :
computer communications software; computer networks; file organisation; file servers; operating systems (computers); workstations; AIX3; Coda file system; Echo distributed file system; Guide operating system; Mach; PLURIX; PROST; Raven project; Sprite; Ubik database; at-most-once message; fault-tolerant multiprocessor workstations; file implementation; file-server statelessness; global communication interface; large-scale applications; multimedia applications; object-oriented environments; open operating system; parallel algorithms; prototype information environment; replicated servers; shared memory; synchronized clocks; very large distributed systems; virtual memory; virtual systems; workstation networks; workstation-network communication interface; x-kernel;
Conference_Titel :
Workstation Operating Systems, 1989., Proceedings of the Second Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Pacific Grove, CA, USA
DOI :
10.1109/WWOS.1989.109257
