Distributed systems : concepts and design / George F. Coulouris, Jean Dollimore, Tim Kindberg.
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TextSeries: International computer science seriesPublication details: Wokingham, England ; Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, c1994.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xix, 644 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 0201624338
- 004.36 COU
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | Thurles Library Main Collection | 004.36 COU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | R01902KKRCT |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The second edition of this book has two new chapters on Distributed Operating Systems (principle and practice), featuring systems like MACH, AMoeba, Chorus and V. There is also a new chapter on case studies of distributed applications, including CSCW (Computer Supported Co-operative Work) examples, and increased coverage of security issues, including Kerberos and more modern material on worms and viruses. Other changes include revision of the chapter on architecture to add overviews of object-oriented, multicast and shared virtual memory architectures, and general updating throughout.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 617-634) and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- 1 Charactization of Distributed Systems
- 2 System Models
- 3 Networking and Internetworking
- 4 Interprocess Communication
- 5 Distributed Objects and Remote Invocation
- 6 Operating System Support
- 7 Security
- 8 Distributed File Systems
- 9 Name services
- 10 Time and Global States
- 11 Coordinaton and Agreement
- 12 Transitions and concurrency Control
- 13 Distributed Transactions
- 14 Replication
- 15 Distributed Multimedia Systems
- 16 Distributed Shared Memory
- 17 Corba Case Study
- 18 Mach Case Study