About this Book

This is the second issue of the 'Technical Journal' devoted exclusively to papers on the family of computer operating systems bearing the UNIX trademark of AT & T Bell Laboratories. The UNIX system has provided the computing community with a programming environment of simplicity, power, and elegance. It has fostered a distinctive approach to software design, and system-related research and development. The papers included herein address intelligent terminals, computer security, portability, performance, networking, and the C programming language.