Operating system concepts /
Abraham Silberschatz and Peter Baer Galvin
- Fourth edition.
- Reading, Massachusetts : Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., c1994.
- xvi, 780 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part One. Overview -- Part Two. Process Management -- Part Three. Storage Management -- Bibliography -- Credits -- Index.
This edition retains the same high-quality of previous editions, but has expanded coverage of protection and security, and added material on atomic transactions and the two-phase commit protocol. This book is perfect for students of operating systems and for practitioners, such as system programmers, who need an understanding of the design of operating systems and enjoy having examples and projects to work with.