[comp.os.minix] Answers to homework assignment

ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) (04/26/89)

I'm back.

Here are the answers to the French homework assignment.

 1. super-utilisateur - superuser
 2. cheval de troie - trojan horse 
 3. interblocage -  deadlock
 4. systeme de fichiers racine - root file system
 5. voie d'E/S -  I/O channel.
 6. segment de pile -  stack segment
 7. unite' de gestion de la memoire - memory management unit
 8. noeud d'information - i-node
 9. caractere d'effacement - erase character
10. operations sur le tampon -  I'm embarrassed, but I'll give you a hint:
    there are two kinds of operations- insert and delete.
11. demon d'impression - printer demon
12. ordonnancement avec requisition - pre-emptive scheduling

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)

msmith%CRC.AC.UK@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Mike Smith x2160) (04/27/89)

Andy, An anonymous contributor at our site came up with the following:

 1. super-utilisateur                 : He's using all the disk space and CPU
 time.
 2. cheval de troie                   : I shoved all the printout onto a
 trolley.
 3. interblocage                      : The phone is engaged.
 4. systeme de fichiers racine        : the system's coming apart at the seams
 5. voie d'E/S                        : Oh Dear !!
 6. segment de pile                   : The monitor is broken into little pieces

                                        all over the floor.
 7. unite' de gestation de la memoire : I can't remember when she became
                                        pregnant.
 8. noeud d'information               : I have no information on how to use the
                    editor.
 9. caractere d'effacement            : A bare-faced slander.
10. operations sur le tampon          : User-manual for a sanitary towel.
11. demon d'impression                : Mike Yarwood*
12. ordonnancement avec requisition   : I can't do that unless you have an
                                        official order form.

* Mike Yarwood is an English comedian who became famous for his impressions of
politicians.

Just think of these linguistic efforts as Britain's contribution to a united
Europe :-)

                         Mike Smith <m.smith@uk.ac.crc>

Clinical Research Centre,    : So many different worlds, so many different suns
Watford Rd, HARROW, Middx    : And we have just one world, though we live in
HA1 3UJ                      :                                different ones.
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