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Understanding Operating Systems, Fifth Edition
ISBN: 9781423901600 | 1423901606
Edition: 5thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 11/6/2007
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With the same straightforward and clear writing style that has made previous editions so successful, Understanding Operating Systems, Fifth Edition, provides the ideal blend of operating theory and practice. Coverage includes the fundamentals of operating systems: what they are, what they do, how they function, how they can be evaluated, as well as how they compare to one another. The book begins with an introduction to operating systems theory and development in the first section, and then progresses to discuss the four most widely-used operat... MORE
| Operating Systems Theory | |
| Introducing Operating Systems | |
| Memory Management: Early Systems | |
| Memory Management: Virtual Memory | |
| Processor Management | |
| Process Management | |
| Concurrent Processes | |
| Device Management | |
| File Management | |
| Network Organization Concepts | |
| Management of Network Functi... MORE | |
| Security and Ethics | |
| System Management | |
| Operating Systems in Practice | |
| UNIX Operating System | |
| MS-DOS Operating System | |
| Windows Operating Systems | |
| Linux Operating System | |
| Appendixes | |
| Command Translation Table | |
| Guide to Microsoft Acronyms | |
| Guide to Graphical User Interfaces | |
| ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct | |
| Glossary | |
| Bibliography | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
