This book presents the fundamentals of operating systems that remain constant as new, more advanced systems are introduced and also integrates and highlights key distributed operating systems issues. The main topics presented include message-based synchronization and remote procedure calls, as well as unique integration of distributed deadlocks, distributed shared memory, distributed file systems, and secure communication using cryptography. For systems programmers, software engineers, programmers, and other professionals who want to teach themselves the fundamentals of operating systems or enhance their understanding of operating systems and distributed systems issues.
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In this succinct text, authors Bic and Shaw respond to the major shift from single-processor to distributed and parallel computer systems. Their book is the first of its kind to integrate those fundamental ideas, principles and concepts that remain constant in both centralized and distributed computing even as new and more advanced systems are introduced.
Of benefit to both the professional and the student, the text presents numerous examples, from commercial and research operating systems, to clearly illustrate the relevance of specific concepts.
BENEFICIAL FEATURES:- Emphasis on key concepts provides a solid knowledge base, one that will remain relevant regardless of advances in systems.
- Unix, Linux, Windows and other case studies throughout the text illustrate the relevance of the principles and concepts in real-world systems.
- Frequent, concrete examples are presented in a readily comprehensible form to reinforce understanding of the principles and concepts.
- Processes and threads for concurrency and parallelism are covered from the programming perspective in Chapters 2 and 3, while Chapters 4 and 5 present implementation issues. Readers are given a wide spectrum of constructs and, additionally, the necessary data structures and operations.
- Distributed File Systems issues are integrated. The text offers an updated view of real-world file systems that are usually distributed over multiple servers or networks.
- Overview of protection and security topics offers a clear understanding of these issues and of the technologies that are so important in today's hostile virus- and worm-ridden environment.
About the Author
Lubomir F. Bic is Professor of Information and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine, where he received his Ph.D. His primary research has been in parallel and distributed computing. Dr. Bic has been widely published in areas of professional interest. He served as the General Chair of the 20th International Symposium on Computer Architecture and as one of the editors of the IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering.
Alan C. Shaw is Professor Emeritus of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington. His has a Ph.D. in Computer Science froth Stanford. Dr. Shaw also served on the Computer Science faculty at Cornell University. He has been Visiting Professor at TELECOM Paris and Visiting Professor and Fulbright Research Scholar at the University of Paris. In addition to publishing many research papers and a number of computer science texts, Dr. Shaw has served as an editor of several professional journals, and as a member of the ACM Editorial committee and Fulbright awards committee. He is a fellow of the ACM.
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I don't think this book is that bad at all. I didn't see any typos and the book was pretty clear. Although I must note, this book does assume that the reader has a certain level of familiarity with subject, so don't pick it up unless you already know a thing or two about processes, multi-threading, memory management, etc. As the introduction says, this book is meant to supplement a college course, so it's not going to explain everything single thing as if the reader has never seen a computer science book before.
Another note, this is a PRINCIPLES book which means it talks mostly about theory. If you're looking for a book that teaches you how to implement operating systems, then this is not the book for you. My two cents: It's a good college book, but it isn't really that useful outside of academia.
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This is quite possibly the worst computer book I have read. This book was assigned for an OS course in college and I wish they could have found a better book. There are so many typos in this book that it really detracts from the understanding of the material. The questions at the end of each chapter are poorly written, ambiguous, and in a lot of cases had typos. Do yourself a favor and find another book.
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This book was recommended by the professor. It is an online class. I am considering dropping the class. The book introduces information without an explanation of the information. In page 49 the author gave a program using fork join and quit. However the program was not explained. I did not know how he got T1 = 2, T2 = 3. was this pick out of the hat? Also I wonder how he come about L2, L3 and so on how do I determine which the arrangement of all the LS? if you did not explain your program, how am i suppose to understand it? I may be wrong may be the book is meant for different audience. If you are newbie, avoid this book
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