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Operating Systems

William Stallings

"This book is organized around three concepts fundamental to OS construction: virtualization (of CPU and memory), concurrency (locks and condition variables), and persistence (disks, RAIDS, and file systems"--Back cover.

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Operating SystemsBackendDevOpsconcurrencyperformance
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Explores operating system construction through the lens of virtualization, concurrency, and persistence, detailing CPU, memory, and file system mechanics.

Read this if

  • You need a deep dive into OS virtualization concepts.
  • You want to understand concurrency with locks and variables.
  • You are building or designing low-level storage systems.

Skip this for now if

  • You prefer practical coding examples for OS concepts.
  • You are seeking a high-level overview of operating systems.
  • You want to learn about specific OS implementations like Linux.
Developer signal: Limited Data · 0% 1 analyzed mentions

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