OPERATING SYSTEM CONCEPTS, FOURTH EDITION
by Abraham Silberschatz and Peter B. Galvin
(0-201-50480-4), 704 pages. 

Thank you for your request for information regarding
Silberschatz/Galvin's "Operating System Concepts, 4E." This
successful operating systems book enhances its reputation for clear coverage of the fundamental concepts which are the foundation of operating systems.  This book has been revised to include new and updated information, examples, diagrams, and an expanded bibliography.  

New to this edition:

* New, early coverage of light-weight processes and 
  threads.

* Expanded coverage of Memory Management, including modern
  computer architectures. 

* Enhanced realistic discussion of File System design,
  implementation, and secondary storage management.

* Improved coverage of real time and multiprocessor 
  systems.

* New coverage of networking as it relates to operating 
  systems.

* Expanded and up-to-date coverage of UNIX and the Mach
  operating system.

* Common operating systems, including Sun Solaris 2,
  MS-DOS, OS/2, Macintosh, in each chapter to illustrate 
  concepts and show performance examples.

This edition retains the same high-quality of previous editions, but has expanded coverage of protection and security, and added material on atomic transactions and the two-phase commit protocol. This book is perfect for students of operating systems and for practitioners such as system programmers who need an understanding of the design of operating systems and who enjoy having examples and projects to work with.


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Items Available:

toc            Table of Contents
preface        Preface
README         Up-to-the-minute information concerning OS4E 
               and all supplements.

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NACHOS: There is also a new appendix for an assimilated operating system called Nachos by Thomas Anderson, University of California at Berkeley. This, too, is available to you over the Internet. For more information, please read the file called 'Nachos'. 

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