Operating Systems: Principles and Practice (Volume 1 of 4)
Categories: Books, Computers & Technology, Programming

Operating Systems: Principles and Practice is a textbook for a first course in undergraduate operating systems. In use at dozens of top tier universities, and written by two leading operating systems researchers with decades of experience successfully teaching complex topics to thousands of students, this textbook provides: -- A path for students to understand high level concepts all the way down to working code. -- Extensive worked examples integrated throughout the text provide students concrete guidance for completing homework assignments. -- A focus on up-to-date industry technologies and practice The e-book version of Operating Systems: Principles and Practice is broken into 4 volumes: Volume 1: Kernels and Processes Volume 2: Concurrency Volume 3: Memory Management Volume 4: Persistent Storage This is Volume 1: Kernels and Processes In this volume, we describe the essential steps needed to isolate programs to prevent buggy applications and computer viruses from crashing or taking control of your system.


Publisher: Recursive Books; 2nd edition (August 25, 2015)
Publication date: August 25, 2015
Language: English
File size: 6223 KB
Text to Speech: Enabled
Screen Reader: Supported
Enhanced typesetting: Enabled
X Ray: Not Enabled
Word Wise: Not Enabled
Sticky notes: On Kindle Scribe
Print length: 296 pages