Operating system concepts /

Silberschatz, Abraham.

Operating system concepts / Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, Greg Gagne - Third edition. - Reading, Massachusetts : Addision-Wesley Publishing Company, c1991 - xviii, 696 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 641-678) and index.

Part 1. Overview -- Part 2. Process Management -- Part 3. Storage Management -- Part 4. Files and Protection -- Part 5. Distributed System -- Part 6. Case Studies -- Bibliography -- Index.

This is the most successful operating systems book on the market, with lifetime sales of well over 200,000 copies. In the fourth edition, this book enhances its reputation for clear coverage of the fundamental concepts which are the foundation of operating systems. The book has been revised to decrease coverage of older ideas, and expand discussion of new, common operating systems.

9780201513790


OPERATING SYSTEMS (COMPUTERS)

QA 76.76.O63 .S55 1991