PHI-2nd Edition - Distributed Systems : Computing Over Networks

PRICE : ` 225.00 THE AUTHOR JOEL M. CRICHLOW, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Computer Science at Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey (U.S.A.). He did his doctorate in Mathematics from the University of the West Indies in 1983. PHI Quick Links   Operating Systems    eBooks  eBook Club Forthcoming Titles New Arrivals  FOLLOW US ON Other books by the author A Beginner's Guide to Unix – N.P. Gopalan and B. Sivaselvan Linux : Learning the Essentials – K.L.James Windows 8 Step by Step – Ciprian Adrian Rusen and Joli Ballew Understanding Unix – K. Srirengan		Distributed Systems Computing over Networks  2nd ed. byJoel M. Crichlow THE BOOK  Intended as a textbook for undergraduate students of computer science, computer science and engineering, and information technology for a course on distributed systems/operating systems, this up-to-date text provides a thorough understanding of the fundamental principles and technologies pertinent to the design and construction of the distributed systems. Beginning with an introduction to the subject, the book discusses the techniques of software and network architectures and presents the issues pertaining to the handling and accessing of resources. This also focuses on major application areas. Finally, the book provides the examples for explaining the concepts discussed. The book would also be useful to postgraduate students of computer science, computer science and engineering, and information technology as well as to postgraduate students of computer applications. The book can also be used by software engineers, programmers, analysts, scientists and researchers for reference. KEY FEATURES Introduces Internet, The World Wide Web, Web services and network technologies, viz. WAN, LAN and MAN. Discusses software development tools, like PVM, MPI, DCE, CORBA and the Globus toolkit. Provides discussions on network protocol suites, i.e. TCP/IP, SMTP and HTTP. Deals with grid computing, wireless computing and client-server model. Presents applications of NFS, Coda, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Amoeba, Chorus, Mach, Windows NT and Orbix technologies. Emphasizes the programming languages, like Ada, C++ and Java. CONTENTS Preface 1. Introduction 2. Software Architecture For Distributed Systems 3. Network Architecture For Distributed Systems 4. Managing Distributed Resources 5. Accessing Distributed Resources 6. Major Application Areas For Distributed Systems 7. Some Examples Of Distributed Systems Glossary Index