Operating System Concepts
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Operating System Concepts is a widely used foundational textbook in computer science that provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles, design, and implementation of modern operating systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Operating System Concepts canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7518579 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Operating System Concepts Context triple: [Abraham Silberschatz, knownFor, Operating System Concepts]
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A.
Operating Systems: Design and Implementation
Operating Systems: Design and Implementation is a foundational textbook by Andrew S. Tanenbaum that presents the principles of operating system design alongside a detailed case study of the MINIX operating system.
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Modern Operating Systems
Modern Operating Systems is a widely used computer science textbook by Andrew S. Tanenbaum (often with Herbert Bos) that provides a comprehensive introduction to the design and implementation of contemporary operating systems.
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C.
Structured Computer Organization
Structured Computer Organization is a widely used textbook that introduces the principles of computer architecture and organization in a clear, layered, and accessible manner.
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D.
The Unix Programming Environment
The Unix Programming Environment is a classic 1984 book by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike that introduces the philosophy, tools, and practices of software development on Unix systems.
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E.
The Universal Operating System
The Universal Operating System is the official motto of the Debian project, emphasizing its goal of providing a versatile, freely available operating system that runs on a wide range of hardware and use cases.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Operating System Concepts Target entity description: Operating System Concepts is a widely used foundational textbook in computer science that provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles, design, and implementation of modern operating systems.
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A.
Operating Systems: Design and Implementation
Operating Systems: Design and Implementation is a foundational textbook by Andrew S. Tanenbaum that presents the principles of operating system design alongside a detailed case study of the MINIX operating system.
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B.
Modern Operating Systems
Modern Operating Systems is a widely used computer science textbook by Andrew S. Tanenbaum (often with Herbert Bos) that provides a comprehensive introduction to the design and implementation of contemporary operating systems.
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C.
Structured Computer Organization
Structured Computer Organization is a widely used textbook that introduces the principles of computer architecture and organization in a clear, layered, and accessible manner.
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D.
The Unix Programming Environment
The Unix Programming Environment is a classic 1984 book by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike that introduces the philosophy, tools, and practices of software development on Unix systems.
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E.
The Universal Operating System
The Universal Operating System is the official motto of the Debian project, emphasizing its goal of providing a versatile, freely available operating system that runs on a wide range of hardware and use cases.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer science book
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textbook ⓘ |
| covers |
historical operating system designs
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modern operating systems ⓘ |
| describedAs |
foundational textbook in operating systems
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widely used operating systems textbook ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
design of operating systems
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implementation of operating systems ⓘ principles of operating systems ⓘ |
| field |
computer science
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operating systems ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
graduate students
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software engineers ⓘ undergraduate students ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
CPU scheduling
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I/O systems ⓘ case studies of operating systems ⓘ deadlocks ⓘ distributed coordination ⓘ distributed file systems ⓘ distributed systems ⓘ file systems ⓘ mass-storage structure ⓘ memory management ⓘ operating system design ⓘ operating system implementation ⓘ operating system principles ⓘ process management ⓘ process synchronization ⓘ protection ⓘ real-time systems ⓘ security ⓘ system boot ⓘ threads ⓘ virtual machines ⓘ virtual memory ⓘ |
| includes |
case studies
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exercises ⓘ practical examples ⓘ theoretical concepts ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium |
digital
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print ⓘ |
| usedFor |
self-study in operating systems
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teaching introductory operating systems courses ⓘ |
| usedIn | computer science curricula worldwide ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Operating System Concepts Description of subject: Operating System Concepts is a widely used foundational textbook in computer science that provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles, design, and implementation of modern operating systems.
Referenced by (2)
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