Operating Systems : Internals and Design Principles
ISBN: 9780136006329 | 0136006329
Edition: 6thFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2009
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Serving as both a basic reference and an up-to-date survey of the state of the art, this book covers the concepts, structure, and mechanisms of operating systems. Stallings presents the nature and characteristics of modern-day operating systems clearly and completely.Updated treatment of Windows as a case study to cover Windows Vista. Online animations with references incorporated throughout. A new chapter on Embedded Operating Systems. Part Six (Distributed Systems and Security) moved online, reducing the cost and size of the book without loss... MORE
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| Preface | |
| Reader'S Guide | |
| Outline of the Book | |
| Topic Ordering | |
| Internet and Web Resources | |
| Background | |
| Computer System Overview | |
| Basic Elements | |
| Processor Registers | |
| Instruction Execution | |
| Interru... MORE | |
| The Memory Hierarchy | |
| Cache Memory | |
| I/O Communication Techniques | |
| Recommended Reading and Web Sites | |
| Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems | |
| Appendix 1A | |
| Appendix 1B | |
| Operating System Overview | |
| Operating System Objectives and Functions | |
| The Evolution of Operating Systems | |
| Major Achievements | |
| Characteristics of Modern Operating Systems | |
| Windows Vista Overview | |
| Traditional UNIX Systems | |
| Modern UNIX Systems | |
| Linux | |
| Recommended Reading and Web Sites | |
| Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems | |
| Processes | |
| Process Description and Control | |
| What is a Process? | |
| Process States | |
| Process Description | |
| Process Control | |
| UNIX FreeBSD Process Management | |
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