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Operating Systems William Stallings

Operating Systems By William Stallings

Operating Systems by William Stallings

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Blending current theory with modern applications, and using Windows NT and Solaris as running case studies, this work provides a solid understanding of the key mechanisms of operating systems. Website and Internet sites provide a forum for further exchange of ideas and information.

Operating Systems Summary

Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles by William Stallings

  • This text is suitable for the first undergraduate through graduate operating systems course found in computer science and computer engineering departments.
  • Winner of the 1998 Texty Award for the best Computer Science and Engineering Textbook, which is given by the Text and Academic Authors Association!
  • Blending up-to-date theory with modern applications, this book offers a comprehensive treatment of operating systems with an emphasis on internals and design issues.

Table of Contents



Preface.

I. BACKGROUND.

1. Computer System Overview.
2. Operating System Overview.

II. PROCESSES.

3. Process Description and Control.
4. Threads, SMP, and Microkernels.
5. Concurrency,: Mutual Exclusion, and Synchronization.
6. Concurrency: Deadlock and Starvation.

III. MEMORY.

7. Memory Management.
8. Virtual Memory.

IV. SCHEDULING.

9. Uniprocessor Scheduling.
10. Multiprocessor and Real-Time Scheduling.

V. INPUT/OUTPUT AND FILES.

11. I/O Management and Disk Scheduling.
12. File Management.

VI. DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS.

13. Distributed Processing, Client/Server, and Clusters.
14. Distributed Process Management.

VII. SECURITY.

15. Security.
Appendix A. Queuing Analysis.
Appendix B. Object-Oriented Design.
Appendix C. Programming and Operating System Projects.
Appendix D. OSP: An Environment for Operating System Projects.
Appendix E. BACI: The Ben-Ari Concurrent Programming System.
Glossary.
References.
Index.

Additional information

GOR003680766
9780138874070
0138874077
Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles by William Stallings
William Stallings
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Pearson Education (US)
19980126
781
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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