Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1 An Overview on Operating System 1 -- Chapter 2 Types of Operating Systems 15 -- Chapter 3 Popular Operating Systems 39 -- Chapter 4 Operating System Properties 61 -- Chapter 5 Operating System-Processes 85 -- Chapter 6 Operating System Multi- Threading 113 -- Chapter 7 Memory Management 137 -- Chapter 8 Virtual Memory 161 -- Chapter 9 File System 185 -- Chapter 10 I/O Software and I/O Hardware 211 -- Chapter 11 Operating System - Security 229.

"The operating system (OS) is a connection point between a PC client and PC equipment. The working framework is a product that plays out every one of the fundamental errands, including file management, memory administration, process administration, managing input and output, and handling peripheral instruments, for example, printers and disk drives. A few well-known Operating Systems incorporate Windows Operating System, Linux Operating System, VMS, OS/400, AIX, z/OS, and so forth. The operating system functions as a point of interaction between the client and the PC equipment and controls the execution of a wide range of programs. A few key subjects captured in this volume incorporate: memory management; processor management; security; control over structural output; device management; file management; fault detecting aids; and synchronization between other programs and clients. The operating system (OS) is the presentation of a PC system equipment abstraction, whereby individuals manage the equipment, and to utilize the resources of the PC system. To develop the students' basic understanding, pragmatic capacity, technology, and framework plan must synchronize through programming and hardware as a technique, the PC circuit system, PC design guideline, internal framework configuration, working framework, and structural organization. Accordingly, links between programs are reinforced, and the students' PC systems analysis, design capacity and innovation. Lately, the working framework and its abstraction systems regarding the application programming becomes more complicated. The volume discusses the impact of different components of modern operating system planning and physical operation, clients, and planning, preparation of the structural framework and other systemic programs. This volume examines a few significant forms of operating systems, which are most usually utilized, including multi-programmed batch system and batch operating system. In multi programming systems, the OS determines which interaction receives the processor when and overall period. This procedure is called process booking. " -- Book Cover