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Operating Systems (8,007)
Operating systems (OSs) do many things: it is the block of software that runs in the memory of a computer which mediates between the hardware below and application(s) above; provides consistent access to various hardware for user programs such as applications and utilities; multiplexes hardware resources between two or more processes, programs, users; provides some common services to all software via an application programming (or protocol) interface (API); allocates memory and storage; schedules tasks.
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- Convergence International - The non-Wintel user group, supporting Acorn, Amiga, Apple, ARM, Be, NCs, PowerPC, Psion, Unix and other alternative operating systems. Services include a non-Wintel news summary.
- How Stuff Works: Operating Systems - Unbiased enlightening tutorial with impartial description of how OSs work, and many related links.
- Internet Operating System Counter - Statistics on Internet OS use, WWW, FTP, and News servers. Over 940,000 hosts checked in this 1999 survey.
- Operating System - Growing article, with links to many related topics. Wikipedia.
- Operating System Sucks-Rules-O-Meter - The web-based operating system quality and approval metric.
- OSNews: Exploring the Future of Computing - Weblog style online magazine on operating systems and computing environments. Daily updates, reader forum with many comments.
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