Operating System Concepts
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| File:OSC-first-edition.jpg Cover of the Dinosour book (1983 edition) | |
| Author | Abraham Silberschatz and James Peterson |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Computer Ccience |
| Publisher | Addison-Wesley |
Publication date | 1982 |
| Publication place | USA |
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| ISBN | ISBN 0-201-06097-3 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
Operating System Concept, by Abraham Silberschatz and Jim Peterson, is a classic textbook on operating system. It is often called the Dinosaur book. The first edition of the book had on the cover number of dinosaurs labeled with various old operating system The bigger dinosaurs were labeled with the older big OSs. The ape-like creature was labeled "UNIX". The idea was that like dinosaurs, operating systems evolve!! The book is currently in its ninth edition. The cover of all nine editions is available at http://codex.cs.yale.edu/avi/os-book/OS9/os9c/covers-dir/ The Third edition added the author Peter Galvin and the Sixth edition added the author Greg Ggane. The history of the book is decribed at http://galvin.info/history-of-operating-system-concepts-textbook/
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