Fifty Years of Operating Systems.

The author reflects on the evolution of operating systems. Topics covered include a brief history of operating systems, the four stages of an operating system and highlights of various research made on operating systems. He discusses the eight principles which serve as the foundation for the generat...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 59; no. 3; pp. 30 - 33
Main Author: Denning, Peter J.
Format: Opinion
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Mar2016
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          Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Cebrowski Institute for information innovation at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA.
          Past President of ACM.
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        Computer operating systems
        Interactive computer systems
        Modular programming
        Computer programming
        Interrupts (Computer systems)
        History
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      ab: The author reflects on the evolution of operating systems. Topics covered include a brief history of operating systems, the four stages of an operating system and highlights of various research made on operating systems. He discusses the eight principles which serve as the foundation for the generation of operating systems, wherein the principles include interactive computing, interrupt systems and modular programming.
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