Operating System Concepts by Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin and Greg Gagne (2008, Hardcover)

Synopsis
The Operating System Concepts 2008 hardcover book will introduce you to the dynamic world of operating systems. The important knowledge and skills required in operating systems can be learnt using this book by Silberschatz, Galvin, and Gagne. This Operating system book will help you know what operating systems are and how they work. In addition, this book by Silberschatz, Galvin, and Gagne will help you know the way they are designed and constructed. Other important topics like process, memory, and storage management are also discussed in this Operating system book. You will also learn about protection and security of the system with the Operating System Concepts 2008 hardcover.

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Key Details
Author:	Abraham Silberschatz, Greg Gagne, Peter Baer Galvin
Language:	English
Publisher:	John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Format:	Hardcover
ISBN-10:	0470128720
ISBN-13:	9780470128725

Additional Details
Edition Number:	8

Size
Length:	972 pages
Thickness:	1.5 in
Weight:	53.6 oz

Publisher's Note
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.