For Programmers

A Practical Guide to Operating Systems for Programmers As a programmer, you rely on an operating system every day. Understanding how it handles processes, memory, and I/O can save time and reduce bugs. This guide gives practical ideas you can use at work and on your own machines. Understanding the basics helps when you troubleshoot or optimize code. Start with a simple model: the kernel runs your programs in user space, schedules CPU time, and mediates access to memory and devices. Different OS families share these ideas, but their details matter for debugging and performance. ...