After introducing interrupts and the foreground/background architecture, I am finally ready to tackle the concept of a Real-Time Operating System (RTOS).In this first lesson on RTOS (commonly ...

If you get a Mac, you can quickly run all the main operating systems, which is a big plus for those learning programming. It’s difficult to run OS X on a Windows PC (or Linux PC), and you need ...

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, BASIC continued its prominent role as a programming interface and quasi-operating system for popular home computers such as the Atari 800, TRS-80, Commodore VIC ...

The Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) is a standard API that’s now used by RTOSes and other operating systems. Actually, POSIX is a set of standards developed by the IEEE, The Open Group, ...

No doubt, it is difficult to design operating systems for computers that simultaneously run numerous applications, while managing interactions between multiple types of hardware and responding to ...