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Operating systems are an essential part of any computer system. Similarly, a course on operating systems is an essential part of any computer science education. This field is undergoing rapid change, as computers are now prevalent in virtually every arena of day-to-day life—from embedded devices in automobiles through the most sophisticated planning tools for governments and multinational firms. Yet the fundamental concepts remain fairly clear, and it is on these that we base this book.We wrote this book as a text for an introductory course in operating systems at the junior or senior undergraduate level or at the first-year graduate level.We hope that practitioners will also find it useful. It provides a clear description of the concepts that underlie operating systems. As prerequisites, we assume that the reader is familiar with basic data structures, computer organization, and a high-level language, such as C or Java. The hardware topics required for an understanding of operating systems are covered in Chapter 1. In that chapter, we also include an overview of the fundamental data structures that are prevalent in most operating systems. For code examples,weuse predominantly C, with some Java, but the reader can still understand the algorithms without a thorough knowledge of these languages.
Concepts are presented using intuitive descriptions. Important theoretical results are covered, but formal proofs are largely omitted. The bibliographical notes at the end of each chapter contain pointers to research papers in which resultswere first presented and proved, as well as references to recentmaterial for further reading. In place of proofs, figures and examples are used to suggest why we should expect the result in question to be true.
Content:-
PART ONE: OVERVIEW
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Operating-System Structures
PART TWO: PROCESS MANAGEMENT
Chapter 3: Processes
Chapter 4: Threads
Chapter 5: Process Synchronization
Chapter 6: CPU Scheduling
PART THREE: MEMORY MANAGEMENT
Chapter 7: Main Memory
Chapter 8: Virtual Memory
PART FOUR: STORAGE MANAGEMENT
Chapter 9: Mass-Storage Structure
Chapter 10: File-System Interface
Chapter 11: File-System Implementation
Chapter 12: I/O Systems
PART FIVE: PROTECTION AND SECURITY
Chapter 13: Protection
Chapter 14: Security
PART SIX: CASE STUDIES
Chapter 15: The Linux System
Appendix A. BSD UNIX (contents online)
Appendix B. The Mach System (contents online)
Index
Author Details
"ABRAHAM SILBERSCHATZ"
Yale University
"PETER BAER GALVIN"
Corporate Technologies, Inc.
"GREG GAGNE"
Westminster College
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