Modern Operating Systems, 5th Edition

Modern Operating Systems incorporates the latest developments and technologies in operating systems (OS) technologies. Author Andy Tanenbaum's clear and entertaining writing style outlines the concepts every OS designer needs to master. In-depth topic coverage includes processes, threads, memory management, file systems, I/O, deadlocks, interface design, multimedia, performance tradeoffs, and trends in OS design. Case studies explore popular OS and provide real-world context. Tanenbaum also provides information on current research based on his experience as an operating systems researcher.

A modern computer consists of one or more processors, some amount of main memory, hard disks or Flash drives, printers, a keyboard, a mouse, a display, network interfaces, and various other input/output devices. All in all, a complex system. If ev ery application programmer had to understand how all these things work in detail, no code would ever get written.