Operating Systems

This book provides the practical course text to the operating systems elements required by the majority of degree and HND courses in Computing. It uses as a basis the familiar operating systems of UNIX, MSDOS andWindows . The emphasis in the book is on installing the theoretical concepts by showing their practical application in actual operating systems.This book bridges the gap between detailed texts written for systems.

1. Background
2. Basics
3. User Interface
4. Process Management
5. Memory management
6. File Management
7. Concurrent processes
8. Networks and distributed systems
9. Security Appendix : A Introduction to the UNIX
10. Shell Appendix : B Summary of MSDOS commands Answers to review questions Answers to selected test questions Web references Bibliography Index

Coiin Ritchie