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9780471250609

Operating System Concepts, 6th Edition/Windows XP Update

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  • ISBN13:

    9780471250609

  • ISBN10:

    0471250600

  • Edition: 6th
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-01-01
  • Publisher: Wiley
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Summary

* New student-focused pedagogy and a new two-color design to enhance the learning process.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction.
2. Computer-System Structures.
3. Operating-System Structures.
4. Processes.
5. Threads.
6. CPU Scheduling.
7. Process Synchronization.
8. Deadlocks.
9. Memory Management.
10. Virtual Memory.
11. File-System Interface.
12. File-System Implementation.
13. I/O Systems.
14. Mass-Storage Structure.
15. Distributed System Structures.
16. Distributed File Systems.
17. Distributed Coordination.
18. Protection.
19. Security.
20. The Linux System.
21. Windows 2000.
22. Windows XP.
23. Historical Perspective.
Appendix A: The FreeBSD System (online).
Appendix B: The Mach System (online).
Appendix C: The Nachos System (online)

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