Operating System Concepts

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Operating System Concepts
File:OSC-first-edition.jpg Cover of the Dinosour book (1982 edition)
Author	Abraham Silberschatz and James Peterson
Language	English
Subject	Computer Science
Publisher	Addison-Wesley
Publication date	1982
Publication place	USA
Media type	Print
ISBN	ISBN 0-201-06097-3 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character

Operating System Concept, by Abraham Silberschatz and James 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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