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Operating System Concepts Texbook
Author	Abraham Silberschatz and James Peterson
Language	English
Subject	Computer Science
Publisher	Addison-Wesley
Publication date	1982
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print
ISBN	ISBN 978-0-201-06097-3 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character

Operating System Concept Texbook, 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 systems. 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 has been published in updated editions since 1983. As of 17 December 2012^[update] the textbook is in its ninth edition.

The cover of all nine editions is available at http://codex.cs.yale.edu/avi/os-book/OS9/covers-dir/index.html. The Third Edition added the author Peter Galvin and the Sixth Edition added the author Greg Gagne.

The history of the book is described at http://galvin.info/history-of-operating-system-concepts-textbook/.

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