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)!
- ISBN10 1299318266
- ISBN13 9781299318267
- Publish Date 1 January 2013 (first published 1 January 2009)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 27 May 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Pearson Education
- Edition 7th Revised ed.
- Format eBook
- Language English