About The Book:
Type Of file: PDF
File Size: 32.7MB
Pages: 552
Authors: ANDREW S. TANENBAUM
Description:
The third edition of this book differs from the second edition in numero.us
ways. To start with, the chapters have been reordered to place th~ central matenal
at the beginning. There is also now m~re of a focus on ~e operatmg ~ystem as the
creator of abstractions. Chapter 1, WhICh has been heaVily updated, mtroduces all
the concepts. Chapter 2 is about the a~straction o~ the CPU i~to multiple
processes. Chapter 3 is about the abstractIon of physI~al memory. mt~ ad~ess
spaces (virtual memory). Chapter 4 is about the abstractIon of the dlsk mto fIles.
Together, processes, virtual address spaces, and files are the key. concepts that operating
systems provide, so these chapters are now placed earlIer than they previously
had been.
Type Of file: PDF
File Size: 32.7MB
Pages: 552
Authors: ANDREW S. TANENBAUM
Description:
The third edition of this book differs from the second edition in numero.us
ways. To start with, the chapters have been reordered to place th~ central matenal
at the beginning. There is also now m~re of a focus on ~e operatmg ~ystem as the
creator of abstractions. Chapter 1, WhICh has been heaVily updated, mtroduces all
the concepts. Chapter 2 is about the a~straction o~ the CPU i~to multiple
processes. Chapter 3 is about the abstractIon of physI~al memory. mt~ ad~ess
spaces (virtual memory). Chapter 4 is about the abstractIon of the dlsk mto fIles.
Together, processes, virtual address spaces, and files are the key. concepts that operating
systems provide, so these chapters are now placed earlIer than they previously
had been.
