windows architecture

GUI Features

GUI Features

Some Kernel

Features

Some Kernel

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GUI Features

GUI Features

Some Kernel

Features

Some Kernel

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●Include both file system and hardware device drivers that translate user I/O function calls into specific hardware device I/O requests.

●Didn't get the funda?? - Think how the eject button in your music player opens your cd tray

• Implements the graphical user interface (GUI)• functions, such as dealing with windows, user interface controls, and

drawing

• Windows virtual memory manager controls how memory is allocated.

• Page sizes ranging from 4 Kbytes to 64 Kbytes• Each Windows user process sees a separate 32-bit

address space, allowing 4 GB of memory per process

• portion of this memory is reserved for the operating system – 2 GB

● Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles, Fifth Edition – William Stallings

• Windows Internals, Fifth Edition - Mark E. Russinovich and David A. Solomon with Alex Ionescu.

• Netcrafter – www.netcrafter.com

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