Operating Systems, Paper Cover

This new and fully updated edition provides the practical course text to the Operating Systems required by the majority of degree and HND courses in Computing. It uses as a basis the familiar operating systems of UNIX, MSDOS and Windows. Colin Ritchie provides a clear introduction of all the terminology and concepts involved, and enables the reader to gain a thorough knowledge of the subject by blending technical discussion with real-practice issues, supported by practical exercises.