Operating System Concepts
5th Edition
Published on 30. April 2000
Book
Hardback
912 pages
978-0-471-36414-6 (ISBN)
Description
This textbook provides coverage of the fundamental concepts which make up the foundation of operating systems and also gives practical experience with a fully functioning instructional operating system called NACHOS. This edition also features new chapters on the history of the operating systems and on computer ethics, as well as a further case study on WindowsNT. Memory management, including modern computer architectures and file system design and implementation are also covered. Common operating systems (MS-DOS, OS/2, Sun OS5 and Macintosh) are used throughout to illustrate concepts and provide examples of performance characteristics.
More details
Edition
5th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 115 mm
Weight
1332 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-36414-6 (9780471364146)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
OVERVIEW.; Computer-System Structures.; Operating-System Structures.; PROCESS MANAGEMENT.; Processes.; CPU Scheduling.; Process Synchronization.; Deadlocks.; STORAGE MANAGEMENT.; Memory Management.; Virtual Memory.; File-System Interface.; File-System Implementation.; I/O SYSTEMS.; I/O Systems.; Secondary-Storage Structure.; Tertiary-Storage Structure.; DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS.; Network Structures.; Distributed-System Structures.; Distributed-File Systems.; Distributed Coordination.; PROTECTION AND SECURITY.; Protection.; Security.; CASE STUDIES.; The UNIX System.; The Linux System.; Windows/NT.; Historical Perspective.; Appendices.; Bibliography.; Index.