Chapter 10: Operating Systems

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Roles of an Operating System For a clear and simple explanation of how operating systems work, visit this site and expand on our textbook's information Visit the Howstuffworks: "How Operating Systems Work" web site

Timesharing A complete introduction to the Virtual Machine is provided here. Visit the The Virtual Machine: Introduction web site

Paged Memory George Mason University hosts this site which introduces virtual memory. Click on the history button on the left for a concise timeline of the history of virtual memory. Visit the Virtual Memory: Introduction web site

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