Presents an introduction to major operating systems and their components. Topics include processes, concurrency and synchronization, deadlock, processor allocation, memory management, I/O devices and ...

One way or another, you’re interacting with operating systems. Your smartphone uses one, and your tablet and laptop do as well. However, little is said about how the ways we interact with our ...

What is macOS? Great question! The Mac’s operating system has a long history. Here’s what you need to understand… If you’re wondering “what is macOS?” You’ve come to the right place. In this explainer ...

Editor's Note: Embedded Systems Architecture, 2nd Edition, is a practical and technical guide to understanding the components that make up an embedded system’s architecture. Offering detailed ...

It was one of the most ambitious computer-product announcements in history. On April 2, 1987, at twin press conferences in New York and Miami, IBM unveiled its plans to reinvent the PC industry, which ...

Ever heard about the Robot Operating System? It’s a BSD-licensed open-source system for controlling robots, from a variety of hardware. Over the years we’ve shared quite a few projects that run ROS, ...