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Operating System Concepts
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Operating System Concepts Hardcover - 2008

by Silberschatz, Abraham

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Wiley, 2008-07-29. 8. hardcover. Used: Good.
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  • Title Operating System Concepts
  • Author Silberschatz, Abraham
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 8
  • Condition Used: Good
  • Pages 972
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley, Somerset, New Jersey, U.s.a.
  • Date 2008-07-29
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # SONG0470128720
  • ISBN 9780470128725 / 0470128720
  • Weight 3.25 lbs (1.47 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.9 x 7.2 x 1.5 in (25.15 x 18.29 x 3.81 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Operating systems (Computers)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 005.43

Summary

* New edition of the bestseller provides readers with a clear description of the concepts that underlie operating systems * Uses Java to illustrate many ideas and includes numerous examples that pertain specifically to popular operating systems such as UNIX, Solaris 2, Windows NT and XP, Mach, the Apple Macintosh OS, IBM’s OS/2 and Linux * Style is even more hands-on than the previous edition, with extensive programming examples written in Java and C * New coverage includes recent advances in Windows 2000/XP, Linux, Solaris 9, and Mac OS X * Detailed case studies of Windows XP and Linux give readers full coverage of two very popular operating systems * Also available from the same authors, the highly successful Operating System Concepts, Sixth Edition (0-471-25060-0)

About the author

Abraham Silberschatz is the Sidney J. Weinberg Professor and Chair of Computer Science at Yale University. Prior to joining Yale, he was the Vice President of the Information Sciences Research Center at Bell Laboratories. Prior to that, he held a chaired professorship in the Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin.

Professor Silberschatz is an ACM Fellow and an IEEE Fellow. He received the 2002 IEEE Taylor L. Booth Education Award, the 1998 ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award, and the 1997 ACM SIGMOD Contribution Award. In recognition of his outstanding level of innovation and technical excellence, he was awarded the Bell Laboratories President's Award for three different Projects -- the QTM Project (1998), the DataBlitz Project (1999), and the NetInventory Project (2004).

Professor Silberschatz' writings have appeared in numerous ACM and IEEE publications and other professional conferences and journals. He is a coauthor of the textbook Database System Concepts. He has also written Op-Ed articles for the New York Times, the Boston Globe, and the Hartford Courant, among others.

Peter Baer Galvin is the chief technologist for Corporate Technologies (www.cptech.com), a computer facility reseller and integrator. Before that, Mr. Galvin was the systems manager for Brown University's Computer Science Department. He is also Sun columnist for;login: magazine. Mr. Galvin has written articles for Byte and other magazines, and has written columns for SunWorld and SysAdmin magazines. As a consultant and trainer, he has given talks and taught tutorials on security and system administration worldwide.

Greg Gagne is chair of the Computer Science department at Westminster College in Salt Lake City where he has been teaching since 1990. In addition to teaching operating systems, he also teaches computer networks, distributed systems, and software engineering. He also provides workshops to computer science educators and industry professionals.

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