WHAT'S
NEW IN THE SEVENTH EDITION
- New
end-of-chapter lab exercises/problems and programming
projects
(download pdf file)
- 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
(download pdf file)
- 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
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