ABOUT THE BOOK
System Software by Prof.Leland. L. Beck is suggested as textbook for studying the following subjects:
System Software in Computer Science Semester 5 (Visveswaraya Technological University)
Description The third edition of System Software has been completely revised to provide themost comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date coverage of thefield. The authors provide a complete introduction to the designand implementation of various types of system software. A core textfor undergraduate and graduate software students, this bookstresses the relationship between system software and thearchitecture of the machine it is designed to support, presentingthe fundamental concepts of each type of software lucidly. Provides updated architecture andsoftware examples, including the Intel x86 family, IBM PowerPC, SunSPARC, and CRAY T3E Includes an introduction toobject-oriented programming and design Brings the book up-to-speed with theindustry by including current operating systems topics such asmultiprocessors, distributed systems, client systems and serversystems Contains a wide selection of examplesand exercises, which provide teaching support as well asflexibility, allowing the reader to concentrate on the software andarchitectures that they want to cover Foreword Preface Background Assemblers Loaders and Linkers Macro Processors Compilers Operating Systems Other System Software Software Engineering Issues Appendix References Index Solved question papers Leland L. Beck is Professor of Mathematical Sciences and thecoordinator of the computer science program at San Diego StateUniversity. D. Manjula is Assistant Professor, Department of ComputerScience and Engineering, Anna University,Chennai.