Inside Modern Operating Systems: Concepts and Case Studies
Inside Modern Operating Systems: Concepts and Case Studies Modern operating systems are intricate yet built on stable ideas. At their heart are processes and threads, memory management, input/output, and a kernel that coordinates everything. The goal is to run many tasks safely and efficiently on a single machine, from a phone to a data center server. A typical system must balance speed, fairness, and reliability while hiding complex details from everyday apps. ...