Operating System Concepts: 6th Edition

Author: (USA) Silberschatz
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Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features: This book is a classic textbook for computer science majors in the operating systems course. Since its publication, it has undergone nearly 20 years of refinement and is considered a "bible" for in this course. It provides a clear explanation of the concepts and fundamental principles of operating systems. The basic concepts and algorithms covered in this book are based on current commercial operating systems and are explained in a general environment that is not specific to any particular operating system. The book introduces a wealth of implementation techniques related to popular operating systems, including Solaris2, Linux, WindowsNT, Windows2000, OS/2, and AppleMacintosh operating systems. This edition includes a new chapter on threads and Windows2000, as well as new additions such as the client/server model, network file systems, embedded operating systems, real-time operating systems, and distributed operating systems.
Author Abraham Silberschatz is the Vice Director of the Center for Information Sciences at Bell Labs, Greg Gagne is the Chair of the Department of Computer Science at Westminster College, and Peter Baer Galvin was a faculty member at the Department of Computer Science at Brown University and is currently the Chief Technology Officer at Corporate Technologies.