Preface
1 What Is an Operating System?
Basic Operating System Functions
Layers of Abstraction
Open Source and Proprietary Operating Systems
A Look Ahead
Summary
Key Words
Review Questions
Exercises
PART 1:SYSTEM RESOURCES
2 Hardware
Memory
The Processor
Microcode
Input and Output Devices
Secondary Storage
Communication Hardware
Linking the Components
Summary
Key Words
Review Questions
Exercises
3 Application Software and Data
Hardware Software and Data
Software
Data
Summary
Key Words
Review Questions
Exercises
4 Linking the Hardware Components
Linking Hardware
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PART 2:BASIC OPERATING SYSTEM CONCEPTS
5 The User Interface the File System and the IOCS
6 Resource Management
PART 3:COMMUNICATING WITH THE OPERATING SYSTEM
7 MS-DOS Commands
8 The Microsoft Windows User Interface
9 The UNIX/Linux User Interface
PART 4:OPERATING SYSTEM INTERNALS
10 The Intel Architecture
11 MS-DOS Internals
12 Windows XP Internals
13 UNIX and Linux Internals
14 Macintosh OS X Internals
15 MVS Internals
PART 5:NETWORKS
16 Data Communication and Networks
17 The Internet and the World Wide Web
18 Client/Server Information Systems
19 Windows 2003 Server
20 Linux Networking
21 Novell NetWare
APPENDIX A:Nunber Systems Data Types and Codes
APPENDIX B:Summary of MS-DOS Commands
APPENDIX C:Summary of UNIX Commands
APPENDIX D:IBM OS/JCL
Glossary
Index
