Customers who bought this book also bought:
Reviews
Synopsis
Providing a comprehensive introduction to operating systems, this book emphasizes the fundamentals of the key mechanisms of modern operating systems, and the types of design tradeoffs and decisions involved in operating system design. It presents recent developments in operating system design, and uses three running examples of operating systems to illustrate the material--Windows NT, UNIX, and IBM MVS. Synopsis
Blending up-to-date theory with modern applications, this book offers a comprehensive treatment of operating systems with an emphasis on internals and design issues. The title provides a solid understanding of the key mechanisms of operating systems and types of design tradeoffs and decisions. . --This text refers to the hardcover edition of of this title From the Back Cover
Key Benefit: Providing a comprehensive and unified introduction to operating systems, this book emphasizes the fundamentals of the key mechanisms of modern operating systems, and the types of design tradeoffs and decisions involved in operating system design. This second edition presents recent developments in operating system design, and uses three running examples of operating systems to illustrate the material: Windows NT, UNIX, and IBM MVS. Key Topics: Covers new areas of operating system design, including threads, real-time systems, multiprocessor scheduling, process migration, process communication, mutual exclusion, deadlock, distributed operating systems, and security. Market: For everyone who needs an introduction to operating systems. Back to Operating Systems Theory
Back to API
Back to Main Index
|
