diff --git a/Hardware/Memory/Basics.md b/Hardware/Memory/Basics.md index 37cdd66..5ad8715 100644 --- a/Hardware/Memory/Basics.md +++ b/Hardware/Memory/Basics.md @@ -8,4 +8,8 @@ tags: In essence the main memory is just a large storage area for a bunch of binary digits. Each slot for a 0 or 1 is called a bit: -> This is where the running kernal and processes reside - they're just big collections of bits. A CPU is just an operator on memory. It reads its instructions and data from the memory and write back out to the memory. (_How Linux Works: Third Edition_, Brian Ward 2021) \ No newline at end of file +> This is where the running kernal and processes reside - they're just big collections of bits. A CPU is just an operator on memory. It reads its instructions and data from the memory and write back out to the memory. (Ward 2021) + +## References + +Ward, Brian. 2021. _How Linux works_. No Starch Press. diff --git a/Linux/Devices.md b/Operating_Systems/Devices.md similarity index 94% rename from Linux/Devices.md rename to Operating_Systems/Devices.md index b55df22..ca4ba0f 100644 --- a/Linux/Devices.md +++ b/Operating_Systems/Devices.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ tags: # Devices -Devices pertain to disks and drives that either exist on the motherboard or that are plugged-in. +Devices pertain to [disks](./Disks.md) and drives that either exist on the motherboard or that are plugged-in. Devices are files but they are different from ordinary files. There are two types: **block** and **stream**. Device files reside in the `/dev/` directory. diff --git a/Operating_Systems/Disks.md b/Operating_Systems/Disks.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e69de29