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Survey of operating systems / Jane Holcombe.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : McGraw Hill LLC, 2023Edition: Seventh editionDescription: xiv, 461 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781265264697
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Survey of operating systemsDDC classification:
  • 005.43 H699s 23/eng/20211020
LOC classification:
  • QA76.77 .H65 2023
Contents:
Introduction to operating systems -- Computer and user security basics -- Desktop virtualization -- Windows -- Supporting and troubleshooting windows -- Apple macOS on the desktop -- Linux on the desktop -- Chromebooks and chrome OS -- Connecting desktops and laptops to networks -- Mobile operating systems: iOS and android -- File management in the cloud.
Summary: "Seventh edition updates the material and presents new information that is relevant to the topic of desktop operating systems, including Windows, Apple macOS, Linux, and Chrome OS. In addition to these operating systems, this edition includes new information on mobile operating systems, as well as chapters on subjects peripheral to operating systems, such as computer security, desktop virtualization, and connecting computers and mobile devices to networks. I carefully revised every chapter as needed, with more illustrations and plenty of hands-on opportunities. I added content throughout, while working to streamline the book in response to feedback we received from instructors"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes index.

Introduction to operating systems -- Computer and user security basics -- Desktop virtualization -- Windows -- Supporting and troubleshooting windows -- Apple macOS on the desktop -- Linux on the desktop -- Chromebooks and chrome OS -- Connecting desktops and laptops to networks -- Mobile operating systems: iOS and android -- File management in the cloud.

"Seventh edition updates the material and presents new information that is relevant to the topic of desktop operating systems, including Windows, Apple macOS, Linux, and Chrome OS. In addition to these operating systems, this edition includes new information on mobile operating systems, as well as chapters on subjects peripheral to operating systems, such as computer security, desktop virtualization, and connecting computers and mobile devices to networks. I carefully revised every chapter as needed, with more illustrations and plenty of hands-on opportunities. I added content throughout, while working to streamline the book in response to feedback we received from instructors"-- Provided by publisher.

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