Operating System Concepts, 5th Edition

Abraham Silberschatz; Bill Zorbrist; Peter Galvin

ISBN 10: 0471364142 / ISBN 13: 9780471364146

Verlag: Wiley, 1998

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This textbook provides coverage of the fundamental concepts which make up the foundation of operating systems and also gives practical experience with a fully functioning instructional operating system called NACHOS. This edition also features new chapters on the history of the operating systems and on computer ethics, as well as a further case study on WindowsNT. Memory management, including modern computer architectures and file system design and implementation are also covered. Common operating systems (MS-DOS, OS/2, Sun OS5 and Macintosh) are used throughout to illustrate concepts and provide examples of performance characteristics.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: ABRAHAM SILBERSCHATZ is the director of the Information Sciences Research Center at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey. Prior to joining Bell Labs, he held a chaired professorship in the Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Silberschatz is a Fellow of the ACM. He is recognized as a leading researcher, educator, and author in operating systems, database systems,  and distributed systems. His writings have appeared in numerous ACM and IEEE publications, as well as in other journals and proceedings of professional conferences. He is the coauthor of the textbook Database System Concepts (Third Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1997).

PETER BAER GALVIN is the Chief Technologist for Corporate Technologies, a systems-integration and consulting company. He is also Adjunct Systems Planner for Brown University's Computer Science Department. Mr. Galvin is on the Board of Directors for the Sun User Group and has presented talks and tutorials worldwide on the topics of system management, security,and performance. He is the security columnist for SunWorld Magazine.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Operating System Concepts, 5th Edition
Verlag: Wiley
Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Fair
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket
Auflage: 5. oder spätere Auflage