Basics of operating systems

The book presents an introduction of the basics aspects of operating systems, including general terms, history, their types, basic concepts and architecture. One can obtain basic understanding about the types of OS file systems, their advantages and disadvantages and the features of OS architecture. Basic knowledge about operating systems kernels and their auxiliary modules is presented. It also includes the multi-layered structure and hardware dependency of operating systems. Also it present insights about microkernel architecture of the operating systems. One can obtain more detailed info about the OS compatibility and methods of implementation of applied software.