Stallings, William. <br/><br/>
Operating systems :  internals and design principles / 
William Stallings. 
 - 7th edition.  International ed. 
 - Boston, [Mass.] ;  London :  Pearson,  c2012. 
 - 788 p. :  ill. 
<br/><br/> Previous ed.: Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2009. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Serving as both a basic reference and a survey of the state of the art, this text covers the concepts, structure, and mechanisms of operating systems. Stallings emphasises both fundamental principles and design issues in contemporary systems. This edition is richer in both pedagogy and instructor/student support.  For introductory courses on operating systems.Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles provides a comprehensive and unified introduction to operating systems topics. Stallings emphasizes both design issues and fundamental principles in contemporary systems and gives readers a solid understanding of the key structures and mechanisms of operating systems. He discusses design trade-offs and the practical decisions affecting design, performance and security. The book illustrates and reinforces design concepts and ties them to real-world design choices through the use of case studies in UNIX and Windows.Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles, 6e received the 2009 Textbook Excellence Award from the Text and Academic Authors Association (TAA)! 
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<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Askews and Holts. <br/>Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781447930143 (ebook) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Operating systems (Computers)<br/>Computers and IT.<br/>Operating systems
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