Description:In this substantially revised third edition, the text offers a comprehensive treatment of operating systems. While Unix and Windows are covered in good detail, this edition emphasises changes that have occurred in design technology and pattern of use. The new edition, comes with focus on Linux kernel, VxWorks and operating systems for handheld systems. These changes make the book contemporary. A set of mini-projects have been incorporated to help students to put to practice the mechanisms that they have learned. The new chapters and appendices added to some chapters together with modification to existing chapters cover topics that are part of the evolving curriculum requirements of most universities at the undergraduate level.What is new in this edition• A chapter on operating system for handheld systems.• A chapter on VxWorks operating system.• A rewritten chapter on Linux—emphasis has been shifted to kernel description.• Revision of topics in Chapters 11 and 20 emphasising virtualisation, usability of operating systems, models for versioning systems, etc.• Mini-projects along with some case studies.• Topics like flash memory, universal serial bus (USB), peripheral components interface (PCI) bus and Bluetooth with respective protocols for their interfaces.The book is intended for the students of computer science and engineering, computer applications, and information technology.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with An Introduction to Operating Systems: Concepts and Practice. To get started finding An Introduction to Operating Systems: Concepts and Practice, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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An Introduction to Operating Systems: Concepts and Practice
Description: In this substantially revised third edition, the text offers a comprehensive treatment of operating systems. While Unix and Windows are covered in good detail, this edition emphasises changes that have occurred in design technology and pattern of use. The new edition, comes with focus on Linux kernel, VxWorks and operating systems for handheld systems. These changes make the book contemporary. A set of mini-projects have been incorporated to help students to put to practice the mechanisms that they have learned. The new chapters and appendices added to some chapters together with modification to existing chapters cover topics that are part of the evolving curriculum requirements of most universities at the undergraduate level.What is new in this edition• A chapter on operating system for handheld systems.• A chapter on VxWorks operating system.• A rewritten chapter on Linux—emphasis has been shifted to kernel description.• Revision of topics in Chapters 11 and 20 emphasising virtualisation, usability of operating systems, models for versioning systems, etc.• Mini-projects along with some case studies.• Topics like flash memory, universal serial bus (USB), peripheral components interface (PCI) bus and Bluetooth with respective protocols for their interfaces.The book is intended for the students of computer science and engineering, computer applications, and information technology.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with An Introduction to Operating Systems: Concepts and Practice. To get started finding An Introduction to Operating Systems: Concepts and Practice, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.