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      "title": "Managing network security: Simulating network security",
      "authors": "Cohen, Fred",
      "journal": "Network Security",
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      "url": "https://doi.org/10.1016/s1353-4858(00)80009-4"
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      "title": "Operating System Concepts",
      "authors": "Silberschatz, A.; Galvin, P. B.; Gagne, G.",
      "journal": "Wiley",
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      "doi": null,
      "url": "https://www.os-book.com/"
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      "title": "Modern Operating Systems",
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      "journal": "Pearson",
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      "doi": null,
      "url": "https://www.pearson.com/en-us/subject-catalog/p/modern-operating-systems/P200000003295"
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    {
      "title": "The Datacenter as a Computer",
      "authors": "Barroso, L. A.; Clidaras, J.; Holzle, U.",
      "journal": "Morgan & Claypool",
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