The Electrical Engineering Handbook

4

Operating Systems

Yao-Nan Lien,     Department of Computer Science, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan

4.1. Introduction

4.2. Operating System Concepts

4.2.1. Process

4.2.2. Files

4.2.3. System Calls

4.2.4. Shell: Command-Based User Interface

4.2.5. Graphical User Interface

4.3. Operating Systems History

4.4. A Model Operating System

4.4.1. Single-Machine Levels 1 through 7

4.4.2. Multi-Machine Levels 8 through 14

4.5. Case 1: UNIX

4.5.1. Introduction to UNIX

4.5.2. Using UNIX

4.5.3. Linux: An Open Source UNIX Clone for a Personal Computer

4.6. Case 2: MS-DOS

4.6.1. Introduction to MS-DOS

4.6.2. Using MS-DOS

References

4.1 Introduction

The operating system of a computer is software, which controls all the computer’s ...