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Contents: Part 1. Operating Systems Theory: Overview -- Memory management,early systems -- Memory management, recent systems -- Processor management -- Process management -- Concurrent process -- Device management -- File management -- Network organization concepts -- Management of network functions -- Systems management -- Part 2. Operating systems in practice: MS-DOS operating system -- Windows 2000 operating system -- UNIX operating systems -- OpenVMS Alpha operating system -- OS/390 operating system -- Appendix. A: Command translation table -- Appendix B: Guide to IBM acronyms -- Appendix C: Guide to microsoft acronyms -- Appendix D: Guide to graphical user interfaces -- Appendix E: ACM code of ethics and professional conduct -- Glossary