Operating Systems: Design and Implementation

by Andrew S. Tanenbaum

Prentice Hall Software Series

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Featuring an introduction to operating systems, this work reflects advances in OS design and implementation. Using MINIX, this book introduces various concepts needed to construct a working OS, such as system calls, processes, IPC, scheduling, I/O, deadlocks, memory management, threads, file systems, security, and more.

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Andrew S. Tanenbaum is a professor of computer science at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam where he has taught courses in computer organization, operating systems and networks for over 30 years to thousands of students

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Canonical title
Operating Systems: Design and Implementation
Original title
Operating Systems: Design and Implementation, second edition
Original publication date
1997 (eng.) (eng.); 1998 (esp.) (esp.)

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Technology, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
005.43Computer science, information & general worksComputer science, knowledge & systemsArtificial Intelligence/Virtual RealitySystems programming and programsSystems programs
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QA76.76 .O63 .T36ScienceMathematicsMathematicsInstruments and machinesCalculating machinesElectronic computers. Computer scienceComputer software
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