Operating Systems

This book provides a comprehensive and unified introduction to operating systems. It emphasises both fundamental principles and design issues in contemporary systems. Thus, it is both a basic reference and an up to date survey of the state of the art.The object of this book is to provide the reader with a solid understanding of the key mechanisms of trade-offs and decisions involved in an OS design, and the context within which the operating system functions (hardware, other systems program, application programs, interactive uses).In addition to providing coverage of fundamentals of operating systems, this book examines the important recent developments in OS design.