Quotes from book
Modern Operating Systems

Name: Modern Operating Systems
Author: Andrew S. Tanenbaum

Modern Operating Systems is a book written by Andrew Tanenbaum, a version of his book Operating Systems: Design and Implementation. It is now in its 4th edition, published March 2014 .

“"He" should be read as "he or she" throughout the book.”

Andrew S. Tanenbaum book Modern Operating Systems

Modern Operating Systems, 3rd ed., p. 2.

“UNIX does not allow path names to be prefixed by a drive name or number; that would be precisely the kind of device dependence that operating systems ought to eliminate.”

Andrew S. Tanenbaum book Modern Operating Systems

Modern Operating Systems, 3rd ed., p. 40.

“Many security texts decompose the security of an information system in three components: confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Together, they are often referred to as "CIA". [They] constitute the core security properties that we must protect against attackers and eavesdroppers—such as the (other) CIA.”

Andrew S. Tanenbaum book Modern Operating Systems

Modern Operating Systems (with co-author Herbert Bos), 4th ed, p. 596

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