A fundamental overview of operating systems (OSes) with an emphasis on practice. Topics covered include: OS structure, OS models, OS abstractions, concurrency sources, concurrency challenges, ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Doretha Clemons, Ph.D., MBA, PMP, has been a ...

So as you may have noticed from last episode, computers keep getting faster and faster, and by the start of the 1950s they had gotten so fast that it often took longer to manually load programs via ...

Without Microsoft, the world of modern computer technology would not be the same as we know it. Next year, Microsoft turns 50 years old, so it’s worth looking back at the megacorporation’s significant ...

Operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, Linux and Apple OSx are the software “bridge” between application code and computer hardware. It’s the operating system (OS) that defines the capabilities ...

Lauded for avoiding the typical vague, high-level survey approach found in many texts, earlier editions of this bestselling book removed the mystery by explaining the internal structure of an ...

You’re not really supposed to love an operating system. It’s like your car’s hydraulic system, your digestive system or the global financial system. It’s supposed to do its job — and not get in your ...

SINGAPORE/SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's homegrown computer operating system mirrors its political one, according to two German researchers who have delved into the code: a go-it-alone approach, a ...