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Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles: International Edition

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For introductory courses on operating systems.

Operating 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 Internals and Design Principles, 6e received the 2009 Textbook Excellence Award from the Text and Academic Authors Association (TAA)!

816 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 6, 2013

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William Stallings

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William Stallings is an American author. He has written computer science textbooks on operating systems, computer networks, computer organization, and cryptography.

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