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WEEKEND TRIVIA: YOUR PROCESS' MEMORY IS A FILE

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Although Unix systems are often described as treating everything as a file, many core functions like network connections and process identifiers typically rely on distinct system calls rather than standard file interfaces. A notable exception exists in Linux through the `/proc//mem` interface, which allows direct access to a process's address space using file-like semantics.