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1. [6 points]: Which of the following statements is true for UNIX as described in reading #5

(Ritchie and Thompson. "The UNIX time-sharing system”, Bell System Technical Journal, 57, 6, part 2, 1978)?

The i-number of a file is a disk address.
A  True
B  False
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Explanation:

FALSE. The i-number of a file is simply an offset into the i-list.

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Attribution:  Morris, Robert, and Samuel Madden. 6.033 Computer System Engineering, Spring 2009. (MIT OpenCourseWare: Massachusetts Institute of Technology), http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-033-computer-system-engineering-spring-2009 (Accessed 2 May, 2014). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
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