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Operating system concepts / Abraham Silberschatz and Peter Baer Galvin.

By: Silberschatz, Abraham.
Contributor(s): Galvin, Peter B.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Reading, MA : Addison Wesley Longman, 1998Edition: 5th ed.Description: xvii, 888 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0201591138.Subject(s): Operating systems (Computers)DDC classification: 005.43
Contents:
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.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The latest edition of this bestselling book provides a solid theoretical foundation for understanding operating systems. Authors Abraham Silberschatz and Peter Galvin discuss key concepts that are applicable to a variety of systems. They also present a large number of examples from common operating systems, including Windows and Solaris 2. Two case studies illustrate Windows NT and Linux. Chapters on Memory Management, Virtual Memory, Network Structures, and Security have been updated significantly.

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.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Part One Overview
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • Chapter 2 Operating-System Structures
  • Part Two Process Management
  • Chapter 3 Processes
  • Chapter 4 Threads
  • Chapter 5 CPU Scheduling
  • Chapter 6 Process Synchronization
  • Chapter 7 Deadlocks
  • Part Three Memory Management
  • Chapter 8 Main Memory
  • Chapter 9 Virtual Memory
  • Part Four Storage Management
  • Chapter 10 File-System Interface
  • Chapter 11 File-System Implementation
  • Chapter 12 Mass-Storage Structure
  • Chapter 13 I/O Systems
  • Part Five Protection and Security
  • Chapter 14 Protection
  • Chapter 15 Security
  • Part Six Distributed Systems
  • Chapter 16 Distributed System Structures
  • Chapter 17 Distributed File System
  • Chapter 18 Distributed Coordination
  • Parta Seven Special Purpose Systems
  • A Chapter 19 Real-Time Systems
  • Chapter 20 Multimedia Systems
  • Part Eight Case Studies
  • Chapter 21 The Linux Systems
  • Chapter 22 Windows XP
  • Chapter 23 Influential Operating Systems
  • Appendix A UNIX BSD (contents online)
  • Appendix B The Mach System (contents online)
  • Appendix C Windows 2000 (contents online)
  • Bibliography
  • Credits
  • Index

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Abraham Silberschatz is the director of the Information Sciences Research Center at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey. Prior to joining Bell Labs, he held a chaired professorship in the Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Silberschatz is a Fellow of the ACM.
Peter Baer Galvin is the Chief Technologist for Corporate Technologies, a systems-integration and consulting company. He is also Adjunct Systems Planner for Brown University's Computer Science Department. Mr. Galvin is on the Board of Directors for the Sun User Group. He is the security columnist for SunWorld Magazine.

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