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A course on operating system is an essential part of any computer science education. An operating system is a system software which manages computer hardware and interacts with the users. This book deals with all the major concepts of Operating Systems with relevant practical explanations. It will be easier for even a non-computer science student to understand the concepts. This book is written for the introductory course on operating system at the junior and the senior undergraduate level or at the first year graduate level. The fundamental concepts and algorithms covered in the book are often based on those used in the existing commercial operating systems. The aim is to present these concepts and algorithms in a general setting that is not tied to one particular operating system, and present it in the simplest and easiest way to the readers. With a lot of examples that pertain to the most popular operating systems, it also includes Linux (Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal and windows 8.1 machines).

Shriram K Vasudevan is an M Tech, MBA, (PhD) with over 7 years of industrial and academic experience. He received his master s degree in the field of Embedded Systems. Presently, he is Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Amrita University. He has also authored/co-authored 16 books in various fields. He has also published 62 international papers. Subashri Vasudevan is a Programmer Analyst, Cognizant Technology Solution, Chennai. She is a postgraduate in Computer Science Engineering with interest and expertise in programming and technical writing. Sunandhini Muralidharan is an Electronics and Communication Engineer from Amrita University. She was employed with Infosys Technologies as a Senior Engineer. Sunandhini was holding the role of Trainer in Education and Research wing of Infosys. Kaushik Velusamy is a software engineer at Novell Software Development, India Development Center. He has authored a book on Artificial Intelligence & Internet of Things. He has published many papers in reputed international journals.