Operating Systems - General & Miscellaneous

Operating System Concepts

Name: Operating System Concepts
Author: Abraham Silberschatz
ISBN: 9781118063330

by Abraham Silberschatz

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Overview

The ninth edition of Operating System Concepts continues to evolve to provide a solid theoretical foundation for understanding operating systems. This edition has been updated with more extensive coverage of the most current topics and applications, improved conceptual coverage and additional content to bridge the gap between concepts and actual implementations. A new design allows for easier navigation and enhances reader motivation. Additional end-of-chapter, exercises, review questions, and programming exercises help to further reinforce important concepts. WileyPLUS, including a test bank, self-check exercises, and a student solutions manual, is also part of the comprehensive support package.

About the Author, Abraham Silberschatz

Abraham Silberichatz is the director of the Information Sciences Research Center at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey. Prior to joining Bell Labs, he held a chaired professorship in the Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Silberschatz is a Fellow of the ACM. He is recognized as a leading researcher, educator, and author in operating systems, database systems, and distributed systems. His writings have appeared in numerous ACM and IEEE publications, as well as in other journals and proceedings of professional conferences. He is the coauthor of the textbook Database System Concepts (Third Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1997).

Peter Baer Galvin is the Chief Technologist for Corporate Technologies, a systems-integration and consulting company. He is also Adjunct Systems Planner for Brown University's Computer Science Department. Mr. Galvin is on the Board of Directors for the Sun User Group and has presented talks and tutorials worldwide on the topics of system management, security, and performance. He is the security columnist for SunWorld Magazine.