Operating Systems: Evolutionary Concepts and Modern Design Principles [Hardcover]

1. Computers and Software. 2. Operating System: Concepts and Issues. 3. Operating System: Design and Structures. 4. Processor Management. 5. Memory Management. 6. Device Management. 7. File Management. 8. Security and Protection. 9. Distributed System - An introduction. 10. Real-Time Operating System (RTOS).

This text demystifies the subject by using a simple and stepbystep approach, from fundamentals to modern concepts of traditional uniprocessor operating systems, in addition to advanced operating systems on various multipleprocessor platforms and also realtime operating systems (RTOSs).

Pranabananda Chakraborty has a strong diversified experience in Information Technology Industry for last 45 years covering System Analysis & Design and implementation of System Software ( like Operating systems, Compiler deign ) for various types of large Mainframe Computing Systems with the giant Multinationals, Reengineering, Project Monitoring & Management including Banking System / Insurance Systems / Statebased Public Examination Processing system / Production Planning / Survey & Demographic Census ( Govt. of India ) / Different areas in Postal systems, Ministry of Posts, Govt. of India / Staff selection systems, Govt. of India, and many other realtime projects in India and abroad.

As an academician, he was in parallel for last 45 years affiliated with several prominent institutes including reputed engineering colleges and universities. Recently, he was a Senior Visiting Professor at the Government Engineering Colleges, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, and also a guest faculty at Birla Institutes of Technology and Sciences (BITS), Pilani, India on regular basis. During this period, he has also conducted and imparted corporate and institutional trainings on various academic subjects of core computer science and IT discipline for large reputed multinationals including IBM, and R & lƒz