Computer Programming/OS Programming

Wikiversity:Operating System Operating System Design Operating System (OS) Programming A computer is a series of electrical pathways some of which can be changed by use of some of its own electrical pathways. A computer instruction is a series of electrical signals that make use of a computer. A computer program is a series of computer instructions. An operating system (OS) is a computer program with the purposes of: allowing user input in its operation maintaining itself switching computer operation to other computer programs (tasks) maintaining other computer programs (tasks) controlling hardware allocating memory to software as needed OS programming is ... Many people are dissatisfied with currently-available operating systems, and research ways to improve them—or introduce entirely new replacements. Some computer engineers develop entirely new computing hardware, and need to write a new OS for it (typically by adapting parts of some pre-existing OS). A Neutral Look at Operating Systems Wikiversity:Operating System Wikipedia:Operating system http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?OperatingSystemsResearch http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?OperatingSystemsDesignPrinciples the TUNES Project Wiki http://cliki.tunes.org/