What is an Operating System?
An operating system is a layer of software residing above hardware, hiding intricate details and providing an easy to use virtual machine.
An operating system is a layer of software residing above hardware, hiding intricate details and providing an easy to use virtual machine.
How to do interprocess communication using the POSIX shared memory calls is explained with example client-server programs.
How to do interprocess communication using the System V shared memory calls is explained with example programs.
POSIX semaphores provide a mechanism for interprocess synchronization. POSIX named and unnamed semaphores are explained with example programs.
System V semaphores provide a mechanism for process synchronization. System V semaphores and associated system calls are explained.
Semaphores provide a mechanism for synchronizing processes and threads. The basics of semaphores are explained with examples.