Operating Systems: Design And Implementation (International Edition) - Softcover

9780136301950: Operating Systems: Design And Implementation (International Edition)
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 

Appropriate for introductory courses on computer operating systems.

This book offers a unique and carefully integrated combination of principles and practice. While the usual principles are covered in detail, the book also describes a small, but real UNIX-like operating system: MINIX. It shows how it works and illustrates the principles behind it. By using MINIX, students learn principles and then can apply them in hands-on system design projects.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author:
Andrew S. Tanenbaum has a B.S. Degree from M.I.T. and a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. He is currently a Professor of Computer Science at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, where he heads the Computer Systems Group. He is also Dean of the Advanced School for Computing and Imaging, an interuniversity graduate school doing research on advanced parallel, distributed, and imaging systems. Nevertheless, he is trying very hard to avoid turning into a bureaucrat.

In the past, he has done research on compilers, operating systems, networking, and local-area distributed systems. His current research focuses primarily on the design of wide-area distributed systems that scale to a billion users. These research projects have led to five books and over 85 referred papers in journals and conference proceedings.

Prof. Tanenbaum has also produced a considerable volume of software. He was the principal architect of the Amsterdam Compiler Kit, a widely-used toolkit for writing portable compilers, as well as of MINIX, a small UNIX clone intended for use in student programming labs. Together with his Ph.D. students and programmers, he helped design the Amoeba distributed operating system, a high-performance microkernel-based distributed operating system. The MINIX and Amoeba systems are now available for free via the Internet..

Prof. Tanenbaum is a Fellow of the ACM, a Fellow of the IEEE, a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, winner of the 1994 ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award, and winner of the 1997 ACM/SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contributions to Computer Science Education. He is also listed in Who’s Who in the World.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

  • PublisherPearson
  • Publication date1999
  • ISBN 10 0136301959
  • ISBN 13 9780136301950
  • BindingPaperback
  • Edition number2
  • Number of pages940
  • Rating
Buy Used
Condition: Very Good
The book has been read, but is... Learn more about this copy

Shipping: £ 4.80
From United Kingdom to U.S.A.

Destination, rates & speeds

Add to Basket

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780136386773: Operating Systems: Design And Implementation: United States Edition

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  ISBN 13:  9780136386773
Publisher: Pearson, 1996
Hardcover

  • 9780136373315: Operating Systems: Design and Implementation

    Prenti..., 1987
    Softcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Stock Image

Woodhull, Albert S.
Published by Pearson (1999)
ISBN 10: 0136301959 ISBN 13: 9780136301950
Used Paperback Quantity: 3
Seller:
WorldofBooks
(Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR001442822

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy Used
£ 35.36
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 4.80
From United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Tanenbaum, Andrew S.; Woodhull, Albert S.
Published by Pearson (1999)
ISBN 10: 0136301959 ISBN 13: 9780136301950
Used Softcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
medimops
(Berlin, Germany)

Book Description Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present. Seller Inventory # M00136301959-G

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy Used
£ 38.97
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 7.71
From Germany to U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Albert S. Woodhull
Published by Prentice Hall (1997)
ISBN 10: 0136301959 ISBN 13: 9780136301950
Used Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
Greener Books
(London, United Kingdom)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: Used; Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books. Seller Inventory # mon0002125360

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy Used
£ 40.75
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 9.99
From United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds