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Operating System Concepts, 8th Edition
Abraham Silberschatz,
Yale University
Peter Baer Galvin,
Corporate Technologies
Greg Gagne,
Westminster College
ISBN: 978-0-470-12872-5
©2009
992 pages
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Hallmark Features
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- Coverage of the latest and most relevant systems, including Windows XP.
- Client-server model is integrated throughout and NFS coverage is presented in the earlier part of the text.
- Increased coverage of small footprint operating systems such as PalmOS and real-time operating systems.
- Core material in every chapter offers coverage of Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD (Unix).
- The eighth edition retains important chapters on: Memory Management, Virtual Memory, Network Structures, and Security. The authors have updated them to reflect the latest trends in operating systems design.
- Teaches general concepts in operating systems while allowing for a choice in implementation systems. Rather than concentrating on a particular operating system or hardware, the text discusses key concepts that are applicable to a wide variety of systems.
- Chapter on Linux.
- All code examples are written in C and Java
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