This text integrates operating systems and database concepts, and provides a foundation for later study in these areas. Goes on to provide further material on distributed systems which have become increasingly popular with the advent of the Internet and WWW, and the object-oriented approach to design is now securely established.

The second edition of Concurrent Systems presents a modern approach to software systems, ideally suited to the needs of today's students and programmers. It focuses on theose concepts in concurrency that play a vital role in the design of operating systems, database systems, distributed systems and communication networks.