Operating System Concepts Essentials / Edition 1

by Abraham Silberschatz, Peter B. Galvin, Greg Gagne

Overview

Straightforward coverage of the core concepts of operating systems

Open-source operating systems, virtual machines, and clustered computing are among the leading fields of operating systems and networking that are rapidly changing. This book covers the core concepts of operating systems without any unnecessary jargon or text. The authors put you on your way to mastering the fundamental concepts of operating systems while you also prepare for today’s emerging developments. 

• Covers the core concepts of operating systems
• Bypasses unnecessary and wordy text or jargon
• Encourages you to take your operating system knowledge to the next level
• Prepares you for today’s emerging developments in the field of operating systems

Operating Systems Concepts Essentials is a soup-to-nuts guide for all things involving operating systems!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470889206
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	11/23/2010
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	752
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Abraham Silberschatz is the Sidney J. Weinberg Professor of Computer Science at Yale University, USA. He was the chair of the Computer Science department at Yale from 2005 to 2011. Prior to coming to Yale in 2003, he was the Vice President of the Information Sciences Research Center at Bell Labs. He previously held an endowed professorship at the University of Texas at Austin, where he taught until 1993. His research interests include database systems, operating systems, storage systems, and network management.

Table of Contents

PART ONE. OVERVIEW.

Chapter 1. Introduction.

Chapter 2. Operating-System Structures.

PART TWO. PROCESS MANAGEMENT.

Chapter 3. Processes

Chapter 4. Threads.

Chapter 5. CPU Scheduling.

Chapter 6. Process Synchronization.

PART THREE. MEMORY MANAGEMENT.

Chapter 7. Main Memory.

Chapter 8. Virtual Memory.

PART FOUR. STORAGE MANAGEMENT.

Chapter 9. File-System Interface.

Chapter 10. File-System Implementation.

Chapter 11. Mass-Storage Structure.

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.

Chapter 16. Windows 7

PART SEVEN. APPENDICES.

Appendix A. BSD UNIX (contents online).

Appendix B. The Mach System (contents online).