Modern Operating Systems
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Modern Operating Systems is a widely used computer science textbook by Andrew S. Tanenbaum (often with Herbert Bos) that provides a comprehensive introduction to the design and implementation of contemporary operating systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Modern Operating Systems canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T249043 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Modern Operating Systems Context triple: [Addison-Wesley, hasPublished, Modern Operating Systems]
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SIGOPS
SIGOPS is the ACM Special Interest Group on Operating Systems, a professional community focused on research and innovation in operating systems and related software systems.
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IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing
The IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing is a professional body within the IEEE Computer Society that focuses on advancing research, standards, and community activities in distributed computing systems and related technologies.
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C.
Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice
Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice is a foundational textbook that comprehensively covers the theory and algorithms underlying modern computer graphics.
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ARPANET Interface Message Processor platform
The ARPANET Interface Message Processor platform was the specialized packet-switching computer system that formed the backbone of the early ARPANET, handling data routing between host machines in the first large-scale packet-switched network.
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E.
International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems
The International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems is a leading annual research conference focused on the theory, design, implementation, and applications of distributed computing and distributed systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Modern Operating Systems Target entity description: Modern Operating Systems is a widely used computer science textbook by Andrew S. Tanenbaum (often with Herbert Bos) that provides a comprehensive introduction to the design and implementation of contemporary operating systems.
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A.
SIGOPS
SIGOPS is the ACM Special Interest Group on Operating Systems, a professional community focused on research and innovation in operating systems and related software systems.
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B.
IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing
The IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing is a professional body within the IEEE Computer Society that focuses on advancing research, standards, and community activities in distributed computing systems and related technologies.
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C.
Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice
Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice is a foundational textbook that comprehensively covers the theory and algorithms underlying modern computer graphics.
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D.
ARPANET Interface Message Processor platform
The ARPANET Interface Message Processor platform was the specialized packet-switching computer system that formed the backbone of the early ARPANET, handling data routing between host machines in the first large-scale packet-switched network.
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E.
International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems
The International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems is a leading annual research conference focused on the theory, design, implementation, and applications of distributed computing and distributed systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer science textbook
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non-fiction book ⓘ operating systems textbook ⓘ |
| author |
Andrew S. Tanenbaum
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Herbert Bos ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Netherlands ⓘ |
| educationalUse |
graduate courses
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undergraduate courses ⓘ |
| field |
computer science
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operating systems ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
design of operating systems
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implementation of operating systems ⓘ |
| genre | textbook ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
first edition
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fourth edition ⓘ second edition ⓘ third edition ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
computer science students
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software engineers ⓘ systems programmers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
digital
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print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
clear explanations of OS concepts
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coverage of both classic and modern operating systems ⓘ |
| publisher |
Pearson
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Prentice Hall ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Operating Systems: Design and Implementation ⓘ |
| structure |
case studies
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practical examples ⓘ theoretical concepts ⓘ |
| topic |
I/O systems
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case studies of real operating systems ⓘ concurrency ⓘ deadlocks ⓘ device management ⓘ distributed systems ⓘ file systems ⓘ interprocess communication ⓘ memory management ⓘ process management ⓘ protection mechanisms ⓘ scheduling algorithms ⓘ security ⓘ synchronization ⓘ threads ⓘ virtual memory ⓘ virtualization ⓘ |
| usedAs | standard reference in operating systems courses ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Modern Operating Systems Description of subject: Modern Operating Systems is a widely used computer science textbook by Andrew S. Tanenbaum (often with Herbert Bos) that provides a comprehensive introduction to the design and implementation of contemporary operating systems.
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subject surface form:
Andrew S. Tanenbaum