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Operating Systems: Design and Implementation
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<p><i>Operating Systems: Design and Implementation</i> is a <a href="/facts/Computer_science/lN3pEyPz">computer science</a> textbook written by <a href="/facts/Andrew_S._Tanenbaum/fFuDWfaR">Andrew S. Tanenbaum</a>, with help from Albert S. Woodhull. The book describes the principles of <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating systems</a> and demonstrates their application in the source code of Tanenbaum's <a href="/facts/Minix/dzdlkN6g">MINIX</a>, a free <a href="/facts/Unix-like/YAKrAxzd">Unix-like</a> operating system designed for teaching purposes. The publisher is <a href="/facts/Prentice_Hall/bynWAuat">Prentice Hall</a> (1987). The <a href="/facts/Source_code/o9J6Jv23">source code</a> for MINIX was included as part of the original 719 pages of text. Later versions of the three editions also included loadable disks with MINIX. </p>