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System Calls

System Call is a controlled interface mechanism provided by an operating system that enables user-level processes to request privileged services from the kernel, distinguished by its role as the sole authorized entry point for accessing hardware and system resources in a protected computing environment.

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Implementing remote procedure calls

Andrew Birrell, Bruce Jay Nelson · ACM Transactions on Computer Systems · 1984 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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Intrusion detection using sequences of system calls

Steven Hofmeyr, Stephanie Forrest, Anil Somayaji · Journal of Computer Security · 1998 · 1.3K citations

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Detecting intrusions using system calls: alternative data models

C. Warrender, Stephanie Forrest, Barak A. Pearlmutter · 2003 · 1.1K citations

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PlanetLab

Brent Chun, David Culler, Timothy Roscoe et al. · ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review · 2003 · 1K citations

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The UNIX time-sharing system

Dennis M. Ritchie, Ken Thompson · Communications of the ACM · 1983 · 970 citations

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    M. Frans Kaashoek

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    7 publications · 795 citations

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  2. DM
    Dennis M. Ritchie

    AT&T (United States), United States

    7 publications · 2.3K citations

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  3. LP
    Larry Peterson

    Princeton University, United States

    6 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. PM
    Philippe Moret

    Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland

    6 publications · 105 citations

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  5. HS
    Henning Schulzrinne

    Columbia University, United States

    6 publications · 152 citations

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  1. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    13 h-index

    27 publications

    1.4K citations

  2. Georgia Institute of Technology

    Atlanta, United States

    12 h-index

    33 publications

    3K citations

  3. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    11 h-index

    30 publications

    2.7K citations

  4. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    11 h-index

    33 publications

    2K citations

  5. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    11 h-index

    33 publications

    2.7K citations

  6. IBM (United States)

    Armonk, United States

    11 h-index

    38 publications

    4K citations

  7. Microsoft (United States)

    Redmond, United States

    10 h-index

    12 publications

    1.5K citations

  8. Stony Brook University

    Stony Brook, United States

    9 h-index

    26 publications

    980 citations

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  1. ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review

    22 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. ACM SIGPLAN Notices

    15 publications · 617 citations

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  3. IEEE Communications Magazine

    11 publications · 469 citations

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  4. Software Practice and Experience

    11 publications · 361 citations

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  5. System

    6 publications · 1.1K citations

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