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diff --git a/persistent.mdwn b/persistent.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9cc05f67 --- /dev/null +++ b/persistent.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +A persistent object is an object that survives reboot. +On Unix, files and directories are persistent but +processes and file descriptors are not. EROS is +an example of an orthogonally persistent system: +processes and capabilities also survive reboot. To a +process, it generally only looks as if it had not been +scheduled for a long time; the rest of its environment +remains essentially the indistinguishable.
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