Operating systems notes
What an Operating System Actually Is
Two views of one program: the friendly face on top, the ruthless referee underneath. Every section is a drawn page beside a clear written explanation, about 16 minutes in all.
- Chapter 1 of 37
- About 16 minutes
- 6 sections
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In this chapter
- Two views of the same program
- Abstraction: turning ugly hardware into clean ideas
- Resource management: sharing one machine among many
- The kernel and the privilege line
- The OS as an extended, virtual machine
- Where operating systems live
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