Operating System Concepts, 8th, Update Edition
by Abraham Silberschatz (Yale University ); Greg Gagne (Westminster College); Peter B. Galvin (Corporate Technologies)Edition: 8th
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2011-07-01
Publisher(s): Wiley
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Summary
Coverage of the latest and most relevant systems, including Windows 7. Client-server model is integrated throughout and NFS coverage is presented in the earlier part of the text. Increased coverage of small footprint operating systems such as PalmOS and real-time operating systems. Core material in every chapter offers coverage of Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD (Unix). The 8th Edition Update retains important chapters on: Memory Management, Virtual Memory, Network Structures, and Security. The authors have updated them to reflect the latest trends in operating systems design. Teaches general concepts in operating systems while allowing for a choice in implementation systems. Rather than concentrating on a particular operating system or hardware, the text discusses key concepts that are applicable to a wide variety of systems. Chapter on Linux.
Table of Contents
PART ONE OVERVIEW
Chapter 1 Introduction
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
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 Systems
Chapter 18 Distributed Coordination
PART SEVEN SPECIAL -PURPOSE SYSTEMS
Chapter 19 Real-Time Systems
Chapter 20 Multimedia Systems
PART EIGHT CASE STUDIES
Chapter 21 The Linux System
Chapter 22 Windows 7®
Chapter 23 Influential Operating Systems
PART NINE APPENDICES
Appendix A BSD UNIX (contents online)
Appendix B The Mach System (contents online)
Appendix C Windows 2000 (contents online)
Bibliography
Credits
Index
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