Tanenbaum, Andrew S.,  1944- <br/><br/>
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.) 
<br/><br/> "The MINIX book"--Cover. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 611-625) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Processes -- Input/output -- Memory management -- File systems -- Reading list and bibliography -- App. A. Installing Minix 3 -- App. B. Minix 3 source code listing. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0131429388 9780131429383 0131429876 (CD-ROM) 9780131429871 (CD-ROM) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005054964 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>MINIX.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Operating systems (Computers)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QA76.76.O63  / T36 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>005.4/3