Copy On Write
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What is Copy-on-Write (COW)?
Copy-on-write is an optimization where two entities share the same underlying physical memory pages read-only until one of them attempts to modify the data, at…
What Does the fork() System Call Do?
fork() creates a new process by duplicating the calling process almost exactly, returning twice — once in the parent with the child’s process ID, and once in t…
What is a Log-Structured File System?
A log-structured file system treats the entire disk as a single sequential append-only log, buffering all writes — data and metadata alike — into large segment…