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Chapter 4 discusses device management in operating systems, covering categories of I/O devices, their characteristics, and data transfer rates. It explains buffering strategies to handle data flow and introduces Direct Memory Access (DMA) for efficient data transfer without CPU intervention. The chapter highlights the differences between block and character devices, as well as the operational details of parallel and serial communication methods.
- Author
- naemader
- Language
- EN