Introduction to Operating Systems: Behind the Desktop

by John English

Introduction to Operating Systems takes a top-down approach to the teaching of operating systems starting with what the student already knows - the GUI desktop. It covers in depth the major features of modern operating systems, with particular emphasis on Windows and Linux as sources for examples, but avoids any focus on older systems which are now only of historical interest. The treatment is concise, non-mathematical, and with examples drawn from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333990129
• ISBN13: 9780333990124
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.4" x 9.7"