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Modern Operating Systems

by Andrew S. Tanenbaum
$9.90
Modern Operating Systems
Modern Operating Systems

Comprehensive guide to modern OS principles.

If you're keen on understanding the intricacies of operating systems, this book serves as a comprehensive guide. Tanenbaum's detailed approach will lay out complex concepts in a digestible manner, making it an essential read for students and professionals eager to deepen their knowledge in the field. With updates on latest technologies, it's as informative as it is foundational.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Modern Operating Systems

by Andrew S. Tanenbaum
$9.90
ISBN: 9780130926418
Authors: Andrew S. Tanenbaum
Publisher: Pearson
Date of Publication: 2001-01-02
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Science
Related Topics: Computers
Goodreads rating: 4.15
(rated by 2171 readers)

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For software development professionals and computer science students, Modern Operating Systems gives a solid conceptual overview of operating system design, including detailed case studies of Unix/Linux and Windows 2000. What makes an operating system modern? According to author Andrew Tanenbaum, it is the awareness of high-demand computer applications--primarily in the areas of multimedia, parallel and distributed computing, and security. The development of faster and more advanced hardware has driven progress in software, including enhancements to the operating system. It is one thing to run an old operating system on current hardware, and another to effectively leverage current hardware to best serve modern software applications. Readers familiar with Tanenbaum's previous text, Operating Systems, know the author is a great proponent of simple design and hands-on experimentation. His earlier book came bundled with the source code for an operating system called Minux, a simple variant of Unix and the platform used by Linus Torvalds to develop Linux. Although this book does not come with any source code, he illustrates many of his points with code fragments (C, usually with Unix system calls). The first half of Modern Operating Systems focuses on traditional operating systems concepts: processes, deadlocks, memory management, I/O, and file systems. There is nothing groundbreaking in these early chapters, but all topics are well covered, each including sections on current research and a set of student problems. It is enlightening to read Tanenbaum's explanations of the design decisions made
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Comprehensive guide to modern OS principles.

If you're keen on understanding the intricacies of operating systems, this book serves as a comprehensive guide. Tanenbaum's detailed approach will lay out complex concepts in a digestible manner, making it an essential read for students and professionals eager to deepen their knowledge in the field. With updates on latest technologies, it's as informative as it is foundational.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.