Operating Systems and Networked Environments: From Multics to the Cloud

by Glenford Mapp

Based on the author’s graduate-level course, this classroom-tested text covers the networks, operating systems, and services involved in digital communications. It helps students learn how to build a commercial network, beginning with operating systems and network technology and leading to cloud and grid computing. To accommodate students with different backgrounds, each chapter includes a basic and advanced section as well as multiple-choice questions. A solutions manual is available with qualifying course adoption.

550 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2013