Operating Systems
Incorporating UNIX and MS-DOS
3rd Edition
Published on 30. October 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
296 pages
978-0-8264-5382-2 (ISBN)
Description
This is a detailed introduction to operating systems which is aimed particularly at students on HNC, HND and degree courses in computer studies and computer sciences on which operating systems is an essential subject. It is also suitable for professionals and computer managers who are responsible for computer maintenance and operating systems, but are not involved technically. An elementary prior knowledge of hardware and computer programming is assumed, and the concepts and terminology are introduced at the beginning, before understanding is developed on the knowledge gained. Technical content is blended with real-practice issues, and a wide range of exercises is included.
This is a detailed introduction to operating systems which is aimed particularly at students on HNC, HND and degree courses in computer studies and computer sciences on which operating systems is an essential subject. It is also suitable for professionals and computer managers who are responsible for computer maintenance and operating systems, but are not involved technically. An elementary prior knowledge of hardware and computer programming is assumed, and the concepts and terminology are introduced at the beginning, before understanding is developed on the knowledge gained. Technical content is blended with real-practice issues, and a wide range of exercises is included.
This is a detailed introduction to operating systems which is aimed particularly at students on HNC, HND and degree courses in computer studies and computer sciences on which operating systems is an essential subject. It is also suitable for professionals and computer managers who are responsible for computer maintenance and operating systems, but are not involved technically. An elementary prior knowledge of hardware and computer programming is assumed, and the concepts and terminology are introduced at the beginning, before understanding is developed on the knowledge gained. Technical content is blended with real-practice issues, and a wide range of exercises is included.
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Edition
3rd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
490 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8264-5382-2 (9780826453822)
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Previous edition
Book
06/1997
3rd Edition
Cengage Learning EMEA
€37.32
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Content
Background - what is an operating system? an introduction to UNIX and MS-DOS; basics - introduction, overview of Operating System, the "process concept, hardware features, introduction to object orientation; User Interface - outline, system calls, command languages, job control languages, graphical user interface, system properties management; process management - basic concepts, process life cycle, scheduling, processes in UNIX, processes in Windows; memory management 1 - introduction, memory allocation methods; memory management 2 - virtual memory, virtual segmented systems, virtual machines; memory management 3 - protection and sharing, MS-DOS memory management, UNIX memory management, summary; input-output -organization of I/O software and hardware, UNIX I/O system, MS-DOS I/O system; file management 1 - general principles, system services; file management 2 - file management techniques, improving the performance of Disk systems; current processes 1 - basic principles, competing processes, UNIX features; concurrent processes 2 - deadlocks, interprocess communication; networks and distributed systems -introduction, networks, the Internet an World Wide Web, distributed systems; security - introduction, security - the nature of the threats, security techniques. appendices: introduction to the UNIX Shell; summary of MS-DOS commands. Answers to review questions; answers to selected test questions. Web references.