By staying current, remaining relevant, and adapting to emergingcourse
needs, Operating System Concepts by Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer
Galvin and Greg Gagne has defined the operating systemscourse through
nine editions. This second edition of the Essentialsversion is based on
the recent ninth edition of the originaltext.
Operating System Concepts Essentials comprises a subset ofchapters of
the ninth edition for professors who want a shortertext and do not cover
all the topics in the ninthedition.
The new second edition of Essentials will be available as anebook at a
very attractive price for students. The ebook willhave live links for
the bibliography, cross-references betweensections and chapters where
appropriate, and new chapter reviewquestions. A two-color printed
version is alsoavailable.