Operating system concepts
- 9th
- New Delhi Wiley India 2014
- xvii,856 p. | Binding - Paperback |
The ninth edition of Operating System Concepts continues to evolve to provide a solid theoretical foundation for understanding operating systems. This edition has been updated with more extensive coverage of the most current topics and applications, improved conceptual coverage and additional content to bridge the gap between concepts and actual implementations. A new design allows for easier navigation and enhances reader motivation. Additional end-of-chapter, exercises, review questions and programming exercises help to further reinforce important concepts. WileyPLUS, including a test bank, self-check exercises and a student solutions manual, is also part of the comprehensive support package.
Part One Overview
Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 What Operating Systems Do 1.2 Computer-System Organization 1.3 Computer-System Architecture 1.4 Operating-System Structure 1.5 Operating-System Operations 1.6 Process Management 1.7 Memory Management 1.8 Storage Management 1.9 Protection and Security 1.10 Kernel Data Structures 1.11 Computing Environments 1.12 Open-Source Operating Systems 1.13 Summary
Chapter 2 System Structures 2.1 Operating-System Services 2.2 User and Operating-System Interface 2.3 System Calls 2.4 Types of System Calls 2.5 System Programs 2.6 Operating-System Design and Implementation 2.7 Operating-System Structure 2.8 Operating-System Debugging 2.9 Operating-System Generation 2.10 System Boot 2.11 Summary
Part Two Process Management
Chapter 3 Process Concept 3.1 Process Concept 3.2 Process Scheduling 3.3 Operations on Processes 3.4 Interprocess Communication 3.5 Examples of IPC Systems 3.6 Communication in Client--Server Systems 3.7 Summary
Chapter 12 Mass-Storage Structure 12.1 Overview of Mass-Storage Structure 12.2 Disk Structure 12.3 Disk Attachment 12.4 Disk Scheduling 12.5 Disk Management 12.6 Swap-Space