Operating System Concepts Essentials

by Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, Greg Gagne

By staying current, remaining relevant, and adapting to emerging course needs, Operating System Concepts by Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin and Greg Gagne has defined the operating systems course through nine editions. This second edition of the Essentials version is based on the recent ninth edition of the original text. Operating System Concepts Essentials comprises a subset of chapters of the ninth edition for professors who want a shorter text and do not cover all the topics in the ninth edition. The new second edition of Essentials will be available as an ebook at a very attractive price for students. The ebook will have live links for the bibliography, cross-references between sections and chapters where appropriate, and new chapter review questions. A two-color printed version is also available.

Genres: Computer Science, Textbooks, Technical, Technology, Nonfiction

784 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 8, 2010

About the author

Abraham Silberschatz is the Sidney J. Weinberg Professor & Chair of Computer Science at Yale University. Prior to joining Yale, he was the Vice President of the Information Sciences Research Center at Bell Laboratories. Prior to that, he held a chaired professorship in the Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin.
Professor Silberschatz is an ACM Fellow and an IEEE Fellow. He received the 2002 IEEE Taylor L. Booth Education Award, the 1998 ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award, and the 1997 ACM SIGMOD Contribution Award. In recognition of his outstanding level of innovation and technical excellence, he was awarded the Bell Laboratories President's Award for three different projects - the QTM Project (1998), the DataBlitz Project (1999), and the Netlnventory Project (2004).
Professor Silberschatz' writings have appeared in numerous ACM and IEEE publications and other professional conferences and journals. He has also written Op-Ed articles for the New York Times, the Boston Globe, and the Hartford Courant, among others.

Reviews

[Tori · Rating 4 out of 5]

Clear. Concise. Not too overwhelming for a introductory book to a technical topic.

This was the textbook utilized in my Operating Systems course in college. So l read most of it along with that course. It has taken me a few years to get around to it, but l finally finished reading the last few chapters we didn't cover during that semester. I was pleased that even though time has passed, l was able to pick up where l left off without much backtracking; the material stuck.

[Hussain · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book deserves it's reputation.
Learn all about OS in full detail in a simple language.

[Dan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Horrible book with absolutely incredibly cheap feeling paper. It feels nasty to touch. I feel extremely robbed by these publishers. Avoid if possible(good lock fellow unfortunate comp sci student)

[Matías · Rating 4 out of 5]

More than reading it I studied it. Enjoyed it, and very insightful. Haven't read other books than this one on this subject, and for that moment it was more than enough!

[Zachary · Rating 1 out of 5]

Horrible.

Imagine a simple concept (deadlocks).

Now make that one concept as confusing as possible and explain only one aspect of it for 150 pages.

Repeat.

Have exercises that have no solutions and aren't supported by your text.


Screw this book.

[Michael · Rating 1 out of 5]

dry and pedantic. but required for CS 3100 :-)

[Omnia A · Rating 3 out of 5]

dry and written by complicated language, suitable for the advanced student not for a new learner in CS.

[zeroed · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book. Describes modern operating systems.