Modern operating systems / Andrew S. Tanenbaum.
By: Tanenbaum, Andrew S
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Material type:
BookPublisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c1992Description: xx, 728 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0135881870.Subject(s): Operating systems (Computers)| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 005.43 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00018885 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A presentation of the basics of both distributed and single-processor computer systems.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 682-703) and index.
Part 1: Traditional Operating Systems -- Introduction -- Processes -- Memory Management -- File systems -- Input/Output -- Deadlocks -- Case study 1: UNIX -- Case study 2: MS-DOS -- Part 2: Distributed Operating systems -- Introduction to distributed systems -- Communication in distributed systems -- Synchronization in Distributed systems -- Processes and processors in distributed systems -- Distributed File systems -- Case study 3: Amoeba -- Case study 4: Mach.