Andrew S.Tanenbaum 擁有美國麻省理工學院的理學學士學位和加州大學伯剋利分校的哲學博士學位，目前是荷蘭阿姆斯特丹Vrije大學的計算機科學係教授，並領導著一個計算機係統的研究小組。多年來，他在操作係統、編譯技術、網絡及局域分布式係統方麵進行瞭大量的研究工作，並在各種學術雜誌及會議上發錶瞭多篇論文，同時還是5本計算機專著的作者。Tanenbaurn是ACM會員、IEEE資深會員、荷蘭皇傢藝術和科學學院院士，多次獲得計算機教育傑齣貢獻奬。他還入選瞭《世界名人錄》。

For Introductory Courses in Operating Systems in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Electrical Engineering programs. The widely anticipated revision of this worldwide best-seller incorporates the latest developments in operating systems (OS)technologies. The Third Edition includes up-to-date materials on relevant OS such as Linux, Windows, and embedded real-time and multimedia systems. Tanenbaum also provides information on current research based on his experience as an operating systems researcher. Student Resources Include: * Online Exercises - Provide hands-on experience with building as well as analyzing the performance of OS. In particular, these exercises have been designed to provide experience with analyzing the resource consumptions in Windows and Linux.* Simulation Exercises - Designed to provide experience with building some key components of an OS, including process scheduling, main memory allocation, paging algorithms and virtual memory, and file systems.* Lab Experiments*GOAL: Prentice Hall's premier online homework and assessment system for Java Programming, OS, and Database Systems courses in Computer Science. Password-Protected Instructor Resources (Select the Resources Tab to View Downloadable Files): * Power Point Lecture Slides* Figures in both .jpeg and .eps file format* Solutions to Exercises*GOAL: Prentice Hall's premier online homework and assessment system for Java Programming, OS, and Database Systems courses in Computer Science. Modern Operating Systems, 3e is the recipient of the Text and Authors Association (TAA) 2010 McGuffey Longevity Award. The McGuffey Longevity Award recognizes textbooks whose excellence has been demonstrated over time.

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