Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles, 6/e

For a one-semester undergraduate course in
operating systems for computer science, computer engineering, and
electrical engineering majors.

Winner of the 2009
Textbook Excellence Award from the Text and Academic Authors
Association (TAA)!

Operating Systems: Internals and Design
Principles is a comprehensive and unified introduction to
operating systems. By using several innovative tools, Stallings
makes it possible to understand critical core concepts that can be
fundamentally challenging. The new edition includes the
implementation of web based animations to aid visual learners. At
key points in the book, students are directed to view an animation
and then are provided with assignments to alter the animation input
and analyze the results.

The concepts are then enhanced and
supported by end-of-chapter case studies of UNIX, Linux and Windows
Vista. These provide students with a solid understanding of the key
mechanisms of modern operating systems and the types of design
tradeoffs and decisions involved in OS design. Because they are
embedded into the text as end of chapter material, students are
able to apply them right at the point of discussion. This approach
is equally useful as a basic reference and as an up-to-date survey
of the state of the art.