Operating System: Concepts and Techniques - Softcover

Naghibzadeh, M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595375979 ISBN 13: 9780595375974

Publisher: iUniverse, 2005

Synopsis

Operating System is the most essential program of all, without which it becomes cumbersome to work with a computer. It is the interface between the hardware and computer users making the computer a pleasant device to use. The Operating System: Concepts and Techniques clearly defines and explains the concepts: process (responsibility, creation, living, and termination), thread (responsibility, creation, living, and termination), multiprogramming, multiprocessing, scheduling, memory management (non-virtual and virtual), inter-process communication/synchronization (busy-wait-based, semaphore-based, and message-based), deadlock, and starvation. Real-life techniques presented are based on UNIX, Linux, and contemporary Windows. The book has briefly discussed agent-based operating systems, macro-kernel, microkernel, extensible kernels, distributed, and real-time operating systems. The book is for everyone who is using a computer but is still not at ease with the way the operating system manages programs and available resources in order to perform requests correctly and speedily. High school and university students will benefit the most, as they are the ones who turn to computers for all sorts of activities, including email, Internet, chat, education, programming, research, playing games etc. It is especially beneficial for university students of Information Technology, Computer Science and Engineering. Compared to other university textbooks on similar subjects, this book is downsized by eliminating lengthy discussions on subjects that only have historical value.

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About the Author

The author has received his MS and PhD degrees from the University of Southern California (USC). He has been teaching Operating System courses to graduate and undergraduate students for the past 20 years. He is very active doing research and has published many international conference and journal papers in the past few years. He is currently a full professor of computer engineering at Ferdowsi University.

Edition details

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0595375979
• ISBN 13: 9780595375974
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 324