Operating Systems

Operating Systems: A Modern Perspective strikes a balance between principles and practice, presenting core operating system concepts illustrated with real-world examples that provide a practical perspective on the material. This book features a complete discussion of operating system principles, supplemented with code, algorithms, implementation issues, and lab exercises to provide a comprehensive understanding of contemporary operating system practice. Updated material on the latest version of Linux and Windows 2000 ? The basic principles behind the design of all operating systems are presented In the Hangar examples show how the principles are applied in practice using Linux/UNIX and the Windows 2000 ? operating systems. Performance Tuning discussions explain how system designers have exploited the basic principles to achieve higher performance Lab Exercises allow students to gain hands-on experience with the details of how to use Linux, UNIX, and Windows 2000 ? . Want more hands-on experience? Ask your bookstore to order the lab manuals by Gary Nutt: Kernal Projects for Linux (Addison-Wesley, 2001) ISBN 0-201-61243-7 Operating Systems Projects Using Windows NT (Addison-Wesley, 1999) ISBN 0-201-47708-4Nutt, Gary is the author of 'Operating Systems' with ISBN 9780201741964 and ISBN 0201741962.