Operating systems principles
Responding to a major shift from single-processor to distributed and parallel computer systems, this compact text integrates those fundamental ideas, principles, and concepts in both centralized and distributed computing that remain constant even as new, more advanced systems are introduced.
Print Book, English, 2003
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bPrentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, 2003
Undergraduate.
xv,543p : ill. ; 23 cm.
9780131224551, 0131224557
1313860013
1; Introduction. I. PROCESS MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION; 2. Basic Concepts - Processes and Interactions; 3. Higher-Level Synchronization Schemes; 4. The OS Kernel - Implementing Processes and Threads; 5. Scheduling; 6. Deadlocks. II. MEMORY MANAGEMENT; 7. Physical Memory; 8. Virtual Memory; 9. Linking and Sharing. III. FILE AND I/O MANAGEMENT; 10. File Systems; 11. I/O. IV. PROTECTION AND SECURITY; 12. The Protection and Security Interface; 13. Internal Protection Mechanisms; Programming Projects.
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