Lecture Notes on Operating Systems
by Jelena Mamcenko
Publisher: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University 2010
Number of pages: 76
Description:
Operating systems are used on most, but not all, computer systems. Commercially-supplied operating systems are present on virtually all modern devices described as computers, from personal computers to mainframes, as well as mobile computers such as PDAs and mobile phones.
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