| Operating Systems Design and Implementation Revised Edition Contributor(s): Tanenbaum, Andrew S. (Author), Woodhull, Albert S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0131429388 ISBN-13: 9780131429383 Publisher: Pearson OUR PRICE: $246.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2006 Annotation: "The presentation is excellent. The book should be on the desk of any serious student of operating systems.""--Dr. Samuel Kohn, ""Thomas ""Edison ""State"" College" "I would give the authors very high grades for their writing style. Topics are explained in a clear and understandable manner. Presentations are well organized and they flow in logical fashion. The book provides the right depth and breadth of explanations with the appropriate amount of rigor and abstraction." "--Gojko Babic, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, ""Ohio ""State ""University" "The definitive, up-to-date introduction to operating systems: " "Core principles plus hands-on examples with the new MINIX 3 operating system" The world's best-selling introductory operating systems text has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest advances in OS design and implementation. Offering an optimal balance of theory and practice, "Operating Systems: Design and Implementation, Third Edition" remains the best resource for anyone seeking a deep understanding of how operating systems work. This edition includes MINIX 3, more compact, more reliable, better suited for embedded applications - and, above all, "even" "easier to teach and learn from. "Using MINIX, the authors introduce virtually every core concept needed to construct a working OS: system calls, processes, IPC, scheduling, I/O, deadlocks, memory management, threads, file systems, security, and more. NEW TO THIS EDITION - Newly-released, significantly-improved MINIX 3 operating system on CD-ROM: giving students hands-on experience in modifying and rebuilding a contemporary operating system - Expanded and reorganized coverage of processes and communication -Revised and enhanced coverage of CPU scheduling, deadlocks, file system reliability, and security - Includes more than 150 end of chapter problems - ABOUT THE AUTHORS Andrew S. Tanenbaum has an S.B. degree from M.I.T. and a Ph. D. from the University of California at Berkeley. He is currently a Professor of Computer Science and Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where, for more than 30 years, he has taught operating systems, computer organization, and networking to thousands of students. Professor Tanenbaum is the winner of the ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award and the ACM/SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contributions to Computer Science Education. Albert S. Woodhull is Adjunct Associate Professor of Computer Science and Biology at the School of Natural Science, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA. He also served until recently as computer system administrator for the Department of Biology in the School of Natural Science and Mathematics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. He holds an S.B. degree from M.I.T. and a Ph.D. the University of Washington. Supported by a Fulbright grant, he has taught at the Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria and the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Nicaragua. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Operating Systems - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2005054964 |
| Series: Prentice Hall Software Series |
| Physical Information: 1.66" H x 7.4" W x 9.36" (3.81 lbs) 1088 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: KEY TOPICS: Revised to address the latest version of MINIX (MINIX 3), this streamlined, simplified new edition remains the only operating systems book to first explain relevant principles, then demonstrate applications using a Linux-like operating system as the detailed example. KEY TOPICS: Designed especially for high reliability and for use in embedded systems. Minux features a simpler presentation than previous versions, with less than 4,000 lines of code in the kernel. The book is has been fully updated, with significant changes to the sections on CPU scheduling, deadlocks, file system reliability and security. The book's reference section has been updated to reference modern literature. MARKET: Written by the creator of Minux, professional programmers will now have the most up-to-date tutorial and reference available today. |