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title: "Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces"
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# Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces

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## Description

OSTEP ("oh step"), or the "the comet book", represents the culmination of years of teaching intro to operating systems to both undergraduates and graduates at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Computer Sciences department for nearly 25 years.The book is organized around three concepts fundamental to OS construction: virtualization (of CPU and memory), concurrency (locks and condition variables), and persistence (disks, RAIDS, and file systems).The material, if combined with serious project work and homeworks, will lead students to a deeper understanding and appreciation of modern OSes.The authors, Remzi and Andrea Arpaci-Dusseau, are both professors of Computer Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. They have been doing research in computer systems for 30 years, working together since their first graduate operating systems class at U.C. Berkeley in 1993. Since that time, they have published over 100 papers on the performance and reliability of many aspects of modern computer systems, with a special focus on file and storage systems. Their work has been recognized with numerous best-paper awards, a test of time award, and some of their innovations can be found in the Linux and BSD operating systems today. Both were named ACM Fellows for "contributions to storage and computer systems" and both received the ACM-SIGOPS Mark Weiser award for "outstanding leadership, innovation, and impact in storage and computer systems research."

Review: Wow 😮 - A little hard to read(small font size) and sometimes difficult to understand. Take your time to read it and at the end you will understand what OS is and how it works.
Review: Must read for Computer enthusiasts - Great book

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Amazon 売れ筋ランキング | 洋書 - 2,117位 ( 洋書の売れ筋ランキングを見る ) Computer Operating Systems Theory - 1位 |
| おすすめ度 | 5つ星のうち4.6 659 レビュー |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wow 😮
*by A***S on 2025年3月9日に日本でレビュー済み*

A little hard to read(small font size) and sometimes difficult to understand. Take your time to read it and at the end you will understand what OS is and how it works.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Must read for Computer enthusiasts
*by D***K on 2025年9月2日にドイツでレビュー済み*

Great book

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ One of the best in OS
*by F***N on 2026年4月22日にカナダでレビュー済み*

One of the best books, if not the best, on Operating Systems. The entire topic is divided into three pieces, virtualization, concurrency and persistence. The treatment on the virtualization and concurrency is almost perfect. Each chapter is built upon the other and flows in a way that helps you understand what's going on. The topic itself is mind bending, and it's actually not an easy subject. If you find yourself struggling, don't give and don't panic, just read the chapter slowly again, most of the time for a CS undergrad student, the second time works. Chapters such as Thread API, Locks, Conditional Variables, Semaphores, and Common concurrency problems (deadlocks) are key for any aspiring software engineers. The authors know the in and out of the topic, and the book is gold. Printing-wise, it's not a fancy textbook, but the printing is solid, the page paper's thickness is great. It's almost 700 pages double sided printing for 35 Canadian dollars, it's like someone printed out for you for 5 cents a page. You can't ask for more!

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