Operating System Basics Tutorial

Author: M. Davis
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: This book can be used as a textbook or reference for relevant courses in non-computer majors at colleges and universities, and is also suitable for computer users and enthusiasts with a high school mathematics foundation or higher. For readers who want to understand the principles and basic concepts of computer operating systems but do not need or intend to delve into the theoretical and implementation details, this book is an invaluable introductory guide. It is a textbook for computer system users that explains the basic principles of operating systems. Its major feature is that it starts from the perspective of using the operating system, introducing its basic functions and concepts in an easy-to-understand and vivid manner. It separately introduces basic computer knowledge; outlines the fundamental concepts of the operating system; discusses communication issues in the operating system; and explores the internal working principles of the operating system, covering MS-DOS and Windows systems, as well as NetWare, Windows 2000 servers, and the Internet.