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Tanenbaum, Andrew S., 1944-

Operating systems : design and implementation / Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Albert S. Woodhull. - 3rd ed. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2006. - xvii, 1054 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

"The MINIX book"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 611-625) and indexes.

Introduction -- Processes -- Input/output -- Memory management -- File systems -- Reading list and bibliography -- App. A. Installing Minix 3 -- App. B. Minix 3 source code listing.

Featuring an introduction to operating systems, this work reflects advances in OS design and implementation. Using MINIX, this book introduces various concepts needed to construct a working OS, such as system calls, processes, IPC, scheduling, I/O, deadlocks, memory management, threads, file systems, security, and more.


System requirements: PC with a Pentium or compatible processor; 16 Mb or more of RAM; 200 Mb of free disk space; IDE CD-ROM driver; IDE hard disk.

ISBN: 0131429388 9780131429383 0131429876 (CD-ROM) 9780131429871 (CD-ROM)

LCCN: 2005054964

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
MINIX.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Operating systems (Computers)

LC Class. No.: QA76.76.O63 / T36 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 005.4/3