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Operating Systems: A Systematic View (Paperback)

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Paperback: 536 pages
Publisher: Longman Higher Education; 2nd Revised edition edition (May 1987)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0201111853
ISBN-13: 978-0201111859
Product Dimensions: 23 x 15 x 2.8 cm

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This sixth edition provides students with an applied introduction to the principles of operating systems while guiding them through most operating systems used today. Aimed at students who are interested in using, rather than designing, computer operating systems and networks, the text is designed to show why operating systems are needed and what they do. This book takes students through the principles of OS and illustrates them with a wealth of examples.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Seriously Out of date; sketchy; mediocre; overpriced, 30 April 1998

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IN an era where computers change daily in major ways, especially software and operating systems, you would think that the basics at least remain constant. While mostly ture, this tome manages to introduce such topics as hardware concepts and operating system basics couched in the terms of a bygone computing era. Probable best use for this book? Propping up an antique table.

(MSdos and the basic programming language, while not really taught with any thoroughness here, are espoused as major players in the computing field....)

Assuming you have more than 640K of memory in either your brain or your computer, the best course of action for Operating Systems: A Sytematic View is >>null

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4.0 out of 5 stars Only book to meet its audience's needs, 2 Feb 1999

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While this text is getting old, it is still relevant. The concepts presented are still of primary concern. It nicely takes the student thru a simple OS and thru complex ones, e.g. UNIX and IBM's MVS, to introduce virtual memory, paging, scheduling, resource contention, and so forth. And, the student does not need 3 years of CS courses to get thru the book. For a 2 year course, or for those needing to know about Operating systems, but not the "gory" details of coding them, this is an excellent work.

I have been teaching with it since the second edition. It took a long time to find a book like this. The student workbook is an excellent addition as well.

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