Operating system concepts / Abraham Silberschatz and Peter Baer Galvin.
By: Silberschatz, Abraham.
Contributor(s): Galvin, Peter B.
Material type: BookSeries: World student series.Publisher: Reading, MA : Addison-Wesley, 1998Edition: 5th ed.Description: xvii, 888 p. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0201542625.Subject(s): Operating systems (Computers)DDC classification: 005.43Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 005.43 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00070965 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This text on operating systems covers the fundamental concepts while providing practical experience. It uses common operating systems such as MS-Dos, Mac and OS/2 to illustrate concepts and provide examples of performance characteristics. This edition contains a new case study of Windows NT and new chapters on the history of operating systems and on computer ethics.
Bibliography: (pages 805-838) and index.
Part One: Overview -- Introduction -- Computer-System Structures -- Operating-System Structures -- Part Two: Process Management -- Processes -- CPU Scheduling -- Process Synchronization -- Deadlocks -- Part Three: Storage Management -- Memory Management -- Virtual Memory -- File-System Interface -- File-System Implementation -- Part Four: I/O Systems -- I/O Systems -- Secondary-Storage Structure -- Tertiary-Storage Structure -- Part Five: Distributed Systems -- Network Structures -- Distributed system structures -- Distributed File systems -- Distributed Coordination -- Part Six: Protection and Security -- Protection -- Security -- Part Seven: Case Studies -- The UNIX system -- The Linux system -- Windows NT -- Historical Perspective.