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Davis, William S

Operating systems : Redwood, Calif. : Addison-Wesley, ©1992. a systematic view William S Davis - 4th. - Redwood, Calif. : Addison-Wesley, ©1992. - xiv, 672 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes index.


What Is an Operating System? --
The Components of a Modern Operating System --
System Resources --
Hardware --
Memory --
The Processor --
Microcode --
Input and Output Devices --
Secondary Storage --
Linking the Components --
Software and Data --
Hardware, Software, and Data --
Software --
Data --
Linking the Components --
Linking Internal Components --
Architectures --
Logical and Physical I/O --
Networks --
Basic Operating System Concepts --
The Shell, the IOCS, and the File System --
An Operating System's Basic Functions --
The User Interface --
Device Management --
The File System --
The Boot --
Utilities --
Memory Management and Processor Management --
Memory Management --
Overlay Structures --
Virtual Memory --
Multiprogramming --
Time-Sharing --
Scheduling and Queuing --
Spooling --
Deadlock --
Communicating with the Operating System --
The User Interface --
User Interface Functions --
Types of User Interfaces --
A Human Perspective --
Learning a User Interface --
MS-DOS Commands --
MS-DOS --
The File System --
Pipes, Filters, and Redirection --
Returning to Windows --
Windows 2000 --
Windows 2000 --
Working With the Windows File System --
Command Line Interface --
Windows Scripting Host --
UNIX/Linux Commands and Utilities --
UNIX --
The File System --
Pipes, Filters, and Redirection --
Shell Scripts --
Other Useful Commands --
Graphic User Interface --
IBM OS/JCL: JOB and EXEC Statements --
Batch Job Control Languages --
OS/JCL --
JOB Statements --
EXEC Statements --
IBM/OS JCL: DD Statements.

ISBN: 0201567016

ISSN: 9780201567014

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Operating systems (Computers)

LC Class. No.: QA76.76 .O63 / .D29