Modern Operating Systems By Tanenbaum

This article reviews the book “Modern Operating Systems” by Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Herbert Bos.

• Special features of book
• Analysis of Content
• Analysis of Exercises
• Necessary Instructions
• Conclusion

Why Should Be Read?

Special Features of Book-

• It strikes a good balance between the theory and problems.
• The topics are explained in sufficient details which makes it pretty good.
• The clear and concise diagrams and tables make it interesting to read the book.
• The book is suitable for beginners as well as intermediate students.
• The language used while explaining the topics is simple and straight forward.
• The topic of Memory Management is covered in an elaborative and clear way.
• Of all the textbooks present on this subject, this book has the best exercise questions.
• The questions are of good quality and sufficient for GATE preparation.

Analysis of Content-

The following table analyzes sections of the book that are relevant for GATE-

(Optional to Read)

(FIFO, LRU, Optimal etc)

Covering Only These Sections Is Enough

Analysis of Exercises-

The following table analyzes exercises of the book that are relevant for GATE-

Practicing Only These Exercises Is Enough

Necessary Instructions-

• The book has nearly 1100 pages.
• If you concentrate on just GATE syllabus, the number of pages reduce significantly.
• The topics of process management and memory management are the focused areas in GATE exam.
• Keep making quality notes while reading the book. This will help you to solve theoretical questions.
• GATE focuses on numerical questions from this subject. So, practice all the above questions.
• Try to implement the process scheduling algorithms and inter-process communication problems.

Conclusion-

• The text book covers the entire GATE syllabus and much more than that.
• The best part of the book is its exercise questions and at par with the questions asked in GATE.
• The book covers tricky topics like inter-process communication in an elaborative and fun to read way.
• The book is sufficient for theoretical as well as numerical questions.

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Other Recommended Books-

Operating Systems By William Stallings-

Operating System Concepts By Abraham Silberschatz-

Operating System Books for GATE CSE- Modern Operating Systems by Tanenbaum is the best Operating System book for GATE CSE. Operating Systems by William Stallings and Operating System Concepts By Abraham Silberschatz are other recommended books.