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T4 is a microkernel and a distributed operating system built upon it. This paper describes the concepts, goals, and major design features of the T4 system. It provides an overview of the T4 system architecture, communication principles, and support for distributed computation.
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Bednárek, D., Merta, P., Obdržálek, D., Yaghob, J., Zavoral, F. (1996). Interprocess communication in the T4 system. In: Jeffery, K.G., Král, J., Bartošek, M. (eds) SOFSEM'96: Theory and Practice of Informatics. SOFSEM 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1175. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0037413
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