Operating system concepts essentials second edition avi silberschatz peter baer galvin greg gagne john wiley sons inc isbn 978 1 118 80492 6 face the real world of operating systems fully equipped welcome to the web page supporting operating system concepts second edition which is published by john wiley sons publishing company general resources table of contents preface appendices . Operating system concepts essentials comprises a subset of chapters of the ninth edition for professors who want a shorter text and do not cover all the topics in the ninth edition the new second edition of essentials will be available as an ebook at a very attractive price for students the ebook will have live links for the bibliography cross references between sections and chapters where . This second edition of the essentials version is based on the recent ninth edition of the original text operating system concepts essentials comprises a subset of chapters of the ninth edition for professors who want a shorter text and do not cover all the topics in the ninth edition. Operating system concepts essentials comprises a subset of chapters of the ninth edition for professors who want a shorter text and do not cover all the topics in the ninth edition the new second edition of essentials will be available as an ebook at a very attractive price for students