Operating System Concepts
8th Edition
Description:
Keep pace with the fast-developing world of operating systems
Open-source
operating systems, virtual machines, and clustered computing are among
the leading fields of operating systems and networking that are rapidly
changing. With substantial revisions and organizational changes,
Silberschatz, Galvin, and Gagne’s Operating System Concepts, Eighth Edition remains
as current and relevant as ever, helping you master the fundamental
concepts of operating systems while preparing yourself for today’s
emerging developments.
As in the past, the text brings you up to speed on core knowledge and skills, including:
- What operating systems are, what they do, and how they are designed and constructed
- Process, memory, and storage management
- Protection and security
- Distributed systems
- Special-purpose systems
Beyond the basics, the Eight Edition sports
substantive revisions and organizational changes that clue you in to
such cutting-edge developments as open-source operating systems,
multi-core processors, clustered computers, virtual machines,
transactional memory, NUMA, Solaris 10 memory management, Sun’s ZFS file
system, and more. New to this edition is the use of a simulator to
dynamically demonstrate several operating system topics.
Best
of all, a greatly enhanced WileyPlus, a multitude of new problems and
programming exercises, and other enhancements to this edition all work
together to prepare you enter the world of operating systems with
confidence.
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