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ISBN-10 1-118-21614-8ISBN-13 978-1-118-21614-9
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ISBN-10 1-118-11273-3ISBN-13 978-1-118-11273-1
Author(s): Silberschatz, Abraham; Gagne, Greg ; Galvin, Peter B.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Copyright year: © 2012 Pages: 972
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The best-selling and most respected text available, Operating System Concepts, Eighth Edition Update, provides a solid theoretical foundation for understanding operating systems. This Update Edition incorporates coverage of the most current topics in the rapidly changing field of operating systems --including Windows 7® and open-source operating systems.

Written as a text for an introductory course in operating systems at the junior or senior undergraduate level or at the first-year graduate level, Operating Systems Concepts presents a clear description of the concepts that underlie operating systems. As prerequisites, the authors assume that the student is familiar with basic data structures, computer organization, and a high-level language, such as C or Java.

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