Operating System Concepts

Silberschatz: Operating Systems Concepts, 6/e Windows XP Update Edition, the best selling introductory text in the market, continues to provide a solid theoretical foundation for understanding operating systems. The 6/e Update Edition offers improved conceptual coverage, added content to bridge the gap between concepts and actual implementations and a new chapter on the newest Operating System to capture the attention of critics, consumers, and industry alike: Windows XP.

• Brand new chapter on the newest operating system, Windows XP.


• Brand new chapter on Threads has been added and includes coverage of Pthreads and Java threads.


• Brand new chapter on Windows 2000 replaces Windows NT.


• Out with the old, in with the new! All code examples have been rewritten and are now in C.


• Client-server models and NFS coverage has been moved to an earlier part of the text.


• More, more, more... The sixth edition now offers increased coverage of small footprint operating systems such as PalmOS and real-time operating systems.


• Updated! Core material in every chapter has been updated, as has coverage of Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD.