Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles

This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book.

Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles is intended for use in a one- or two-semester undergraduate course in operating systems for computer science, computer engineering, and electrical engineering majors. It also serves as a useful reference for programmers, systems engineers, network designers and others involved in the design of computer products, information system and computer system personnel.

Operating Systems 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 Linux, UNIX, Android, and Windows 8.

Teaching and Learning Experience

This program presents a better teaching and learning experience–for you and your students. It will help:

• Illustrate Concepts with Running Case Studies: To illustrate the concepts and to tie them to real-world design choices that must be made, four operating systems serve as running examples.
• Easily Integrate Projects in your Course: This book provides an unparalleled degree of support for including a projects component in the course.
• Keep Your Course Current with Updated Technical Content: This edition covers the latest trends and developments in operating systems.
• Provide Extensive Support Material to Instructors and Students: Student and instructor resources are available to expand on the topics presented in the text.