On Thursday 01 April 2004 13:17, n.v.t n.v.t wrote: > Hello. > > I'm trying to learn more about the kernel, but when I'm reading > articles it has terms that are unfamiliar by me. E.g: > page tables > physical pages of memory > virtual pages > pages > etc.. > > These terms are hard to understand for a newbie like me, is there > some page where I might get clear information about what they do? > Could someone provide me explanation? Maybe it would be a good idea > to do basic term explanations in wiki? reading a book about some moderm processor (x86 for example) will clear your confusion -- vda -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/