WHAT'S NEW IN THE SEVENTH EDITION

 
  • New end-of-chapter lab exercises/problems and programming projects
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  • Increased coverage of POSIX and Win32 APIs

  • Updated to be the most current and relevant book in the market

  • Increased coverage of user perspective in Chapter 1

  • Introductory material now in two chapters rather than three
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  • Additional coverage of distributed programming

  • Increased coverage of OS design throughout

  • New chapter on real-time embedded systems (chapter 19)

  • New chapter on multimedia systems (chapter 20)

  • Greatly expanded coverage of security and protection

  • New key terms glossary

  • New exercises

  • Improved Design for increased readability

  • Two-color design

  • Boxed examples throughout

  • Addition of review/self test questions

  • Addition of learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter

  • Accompanying CD with all exercises and solutuons included from OSC 6e for additional practice