windows architecture
DESCRIPTION
A presentation on microsoft windows architecture.DiscussesInternal architectureKernelExecutiveUser processesHistorTRANSCRIPT
GUI Features
GUI Features
Some Kernel
Features
Some Kernel
FeaturesBaseBase
GUI Features
GUI Features
Some Kernel
Features
Some Kernel
FeaturesBaseBase
●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
The Presentation takes Windows too seriously