1. Devil Book "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 "fork2" system call. [Jargon File]
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