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Ceres‐net: A low‐cost computer network
Author(s) -
Wirth N.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.4380200105
Subject(s) - computer science , workstation , protocol (science) , principal (computer security) , software , overhead (engineering) , reliability (semiconductor) , operating system , simple (philosophy) , local area network , embedded system , net (polyhedron) , computer network , medicine , power (physics) , philosophy , physics , alternative medicine , geometry , mathematics , epistemology , pathology , quantum mechanics
This paper describes a local‐area network, its hardware and software structure, and its protocol. The principal objective was to minimize the complexity of hardware and software, yet to offer an adequate functionality and performance for a system of up to 30 workstations with local file stores. The primary benefit of the achieved simple structure and low‐overhead protocol is the system's reliability.