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.

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instanceOf computer science textbook
non-fiction book
operating systems textbook
author Andrew S. Tanenbaum
Herbert Bos
countryOfOrigin Netherlands
educationalUse graduate courses
undergraduate courses
field computer science
operating systems
focusesOn design of operating systems
implementation of operating systems
genre textbook
hasEdition first edition
fourth edition
second edition
third edition
intendedAudience computer science students
software engineers
systems programmers
language English
mediaType digital
print
notableFor clear explanations of OS concepts
coverage of both classic and modern operating systems
publisher Pearson
Prentice Hall
relatedWork Operating Systems: Design and Implementation
structure case studies
practical examples
theoretical concepts
topic I/O systems
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

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Andrew S. Tanenbaum authorOf Modern Operating Systems
Addison-Wesley hasPublished Modern Operating Systems