Most operating systems texts present a chapter on the broad history of operating systems. We deviate from this practice by looking at this history as it took shape in a single company, Digital ...

The computer's master control program. When a computer is turned on, a small "boot program" loads the operating system. Although additional system modules may be loaded as needed, the main part, known ...

What are open-source operating systems? Underpinning an operating system, for example Windows on your PC or Android on your phone, is many, many lines of code. Allowing anyone to inspect the source ...