Operating Systems - Incorporating UNIX and Windows

This new and fully updated edition provides the practical course text to the Operating Systems required by the majority of degree and HND courses in Computing. It uses as a basis the familiar operating systems of UNIX, MSDOS and Windows.Colin Ritchie provides a clear introduction of all the terminology and concepts involved, and enables the reader to gain a thorough knowledge of the subject by blending technical discussion with real-practice issues, supported by practical exercises.

List of contents

Preface
1 Background
2 Basics
3 User Interface
4 Process Management
5 Memory management 1
6 Memory management 2
7 Memory management 3
8 Input-Output
9 File management 1
10 File Management 2
11 Concurrent processes 1
12 Concurrent processes 2
13 Networks and distributed systems
14 Security
Appendix A - Introduction to the UNIX Shell
Appendix B - Summary of MS-DOS commands
Answers to review questions
Answers to selected test questions
Web references
Bibliography
Index

Summary

Provides a clear introduction to all of the terminology and concepts involved, and enables the reader to gain a thorough knowledge of the subject by blending technical discussion with real-practice issues, supported by practical exercises.

Product details

• Authors: Colin Ritchie, Colin Ritchie, Colin (Lecturer in Computer Studies at Glasgow Caledonian University) Ritchie, Ritchie Colin
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.12.2002
• EAN: 9780826464163
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-6416-3
• Dimensions: 175 mm x 17 mm x 241 mm
• Weight: 235 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Operating systems, user interfaces; COMPUTERS / Operating Systems / General, Operating systems