Operating Systems Notes Part 1 – Processes, Signals and Threads

As some of you might know, I’m currently studying for my B.Sc. in Computer Science. One of the courses I’ve taken this semester is Operating Systems, which talks about the principles OS’s are built on. Since this is a theoretical class and the material is actually kinda cool (and the fact that I have a test this Thursday), I thought I’d share (that is – brain-dump) and in the process study for the upcoming test. It would be cool to get questions, too, so let me know if you want me to expand on something I haven’t expanded on. Of course, it goes without saying that corrections will be more than welcome….

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Context: This post was automatically imported from my old blog, which was originally hosted on Microsoft’s ASP.NET Community Blogs. When they shut it down, I dumped all of my old posts to Wordpress. You can still check out the original blog on the Wayback Machine.