Operating System: Concepts and Techniques
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Operating systems are crucial programs needed to operate a computer smoothly. It serves as the interface between the hardware and computer users, ensuring that computer usage is a pleasant experience. The book, “Operating System: Concepts and Techniques” explains the concepts of processes, threads, multiprogramming, multiprocessing, scheduling, memory management, inter-process communication/synchronization, deadlock, and starvation, and teaches real-life techniques based on UNIX, Linux, and contemporary Windows. It also discusses agent-based operating systems, macro-kernel, microkernel, extensible kernels, distributed, and real-time operating systems. This book is meant for everyone who uses computers but is not confident in how operating systems manage programs and allocate available resources for faster and accurate request processing. High school and university students especially those studying Information Technology, Computer Science, and Engineering will benefit the most. Compared to other university textbooks, this book is concise as it eliminates lengthy discussions that hold historical value.
Publisher: iUniverse; 0 edition (December 8, 2005)
Language: English
Paperback: 324 pages
ISBN-10: 0595375979
ISBN-13: 978-0595375974
Item Weight: 1.05 pounds
Dimensions: 6 x 0.81 x 9 inches
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