Operating System
Concepts and Techniques
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Operating System Concepts and Techniques, First Edition 2011, is designed to cover all subjects of the first university course in Operating Systems for Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Information Technology Students. It discusses design and implementation aspects of Operating System responsibilities such as process, thread, main memory, cache memory, and file system management as well as scheduling, deadlock, and starvation. Almost all subjects discussed are accompanied by examples and solutions. Complex subjects are supplemented with pieces of codes to further clarify the discussion. Prof. Naghibzadeh has his MS degree in Computer Science and PhD Degree in Computer Engineering both from University of Southern California, USA and 30 years of experience teaching both undergraduate and graduate students and doing research in the field. Therefore, he knows how to explain a difficult subject in the simplest possible way to make its understanding easiest for students. General users of computer and even smart handsets (mobile phones) can also benefit reading this book and understanding the functions of Operating System.
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Operating System is the most essential program of all, without which it becomes cumbersome to work with a computer. It is the interface between the hardware and computer users making the computer an easy device to use. The "Operating System: Concepts and Techniques" book> clearly defines and explains the concepts: process (responsibility, creation, living, and termination), thread (responsibility, creation, living, and termination), multiprogramming, multiprocessing, process and processor scheduling, IO scheduling, memory management (non-virtual and virtual), inter-process communication/synchronization (busy-wait-based, semaphore-based, and message-based), deadlock, and starvation. Information management (FAT and NTFS file systems, UNIX and Linux File systems as well as Fast File System) is added to the new version of the book. Real-life techniques presented are based on UNIX, Linux, and contemporary Windows. The book has briefly discussed agent-based operating systems, macro-kernel, microkernel, extensible kernels, distributed, and real-time operating systems. The book is for everyone who is using a computer but is still not at ease with the way the operating system manages programs and available resources in order to perform requests correctly and speedily. High school and university students will benefit the most, as they are the ones whouse computers for all sorts of activities, including email, Internet, chat, education, programming, research, playing games etc. It is especially beneficial for university students of Information Technology, Computer Science and Engineering. Compared to other university textbooks on similar subjects, this book is downsized by eliminating lengthy discussions on subjects that only have historical value.
About the Author
The author has received his MS and PhD degrees from the University of Southern California (USC). He has been teaching Operating System courses to graduate and undergraduate students for the past 30 years. He is very active doing research and has published many international conference and journal papers in the past few years. He is currently a full professor of computer engineering at Ferdowsi University.