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Distributed operating systems : concepts and practice / Doreen L. Galli.

By: Publication details: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, 2000.Description: xix, 463 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0130798436 :
Subject(s): Summary: This book explores the concepts and practice in distributed computing, and is designed to be useful in helping practitioners and corporate training, keep up with software technology that pertains to a majority of all computers and their applications.Summary: A two-part approach presents the basic foundation for distributed computing and then expands on these topics to cover advanced distributed operating systems. It describes in detail every major aspect of the topics, and includes relevant examples of real operating systems to reinforce concepts and illustrate decisions that must be made by distributed system designers. Chapters include information on interprocess communication, memory management, concurrency control, and object-based operating systems. More advance material covers distributed process management, file systems, synchronization, and security.
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Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection QA 76.76 .O63 G345 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 619064

Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-454) and index.

This book explores the concepts and practice in distributed computing, and is designed to be useful in helping practitioners and corporate training, keep up with software technology that pertains to a majority of all computers and their applications.

A two-part approach presents the basic foundation for distributed computing and then expands on these topics to cover advanced distributed operating systems. It describes in detail every major aspect of the topics, and includes relevant examples of real operating systems to reinforce concepts and illustrate decisions that must be made by distributed system designers. Chapters include information on interprocess communication, memory management, concurrency control, and object-based operating systems. More advance material covers distributed process management, file systems, synchronization, and security.

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