Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles

William Stallings

ISBN 10: 0138874077 / ISBN 13: 9780138874070

Published by Prentice Hall, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0138874077
• ISBN 13: 9780138874070
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: very_good

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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. .

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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 use of Windows NT, UNIX SVR4, and Solaris 2.x as running case studies through the book motivates the material and enhances understanding. Expanded treatment of multithreading and object-oriented design, together with new coverage of microkernels, SMP, and clusters. Provides a solid understanding of the key mechanisms of operating systems and the types of design trade-offs and decisions. A broad and unified treatment of distributed operating systems thoroughly covers this area of increasing importance, including process and thread migration, distributed file systems, mutual exclusion and deadlock, and clusters.