Think os: a brief introduction to operating systems

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dc.contributor.authorDowney, Allen B.
dc.contributor.authorGreen Tea Press
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-14T10:57:37Z
dc.date.available2018-11-14T10:57:37Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUganda Institute of Information and Communications Technologyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://196.43.179.3:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/1266
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherAllen B. Downey
dc.titleThink os: a brief introduction to operating systemsen_US
dc.typeBooken_US
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dcterms.tableOfContentsChapter 1 explains some of the differences between compiled and interpreted languages, with some insight into how compilers work. Recommended reading: Head First C Chapter 1. Chapter 2 explains how the operating system uses processes to protect running programs from interfering with each other. Chapter 3 explains virtual memory and address translation. Recommended reading: Head First C Chapter 2. Chapter 4 is about file systems and data streams. Recommended reading: Head First C Chapter 3. Chapter 5 describes how numbers, letters, and other values are encoded, and presents the bitwise operators. Chapter 6 explains how to use dynamic memory management, and how it works. Recommended reading: Head First C Chapter 6. Chapter 7 is about caching and the memory hierarchy. Chapter 8 is about multitasking and scheduling. Chapter 9 is about POSIX threads and mutexes. Recommended reading: Head First C Chapter 12 and Little Book of Semaphores Chapters 1 and 2. Chapter 10 is about POSIX condition variables and the producer/consumer problem. Recommended reading: Little Book of Semaphores Chapters 3 and 4. Chapter 11 is about using POSIX semaphores and implementing semaphores in C.

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