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Operating Systems : A Spiral Approach

ISBN: 9780072449815 | 0072449810
Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
Pub. Date: 2/11/2009

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SummaryTable of Contents
Elmasri, Levine, and Carrick's "spiral approach" to teaching operating systems develops student understanding of various OS components early on and helps students approach the more difficult aspects of operating systems with confidence. While operating systems have changed dramatically over the years, most OS books use a linear approach that covers each individual OS component in depth, which is difficult for students to follow and requires instructors to constantly put materials in context.Elmasri, Levine, and Carrick do things differently by ... MORE
Operating Systems Overview and Background
Getting Started
Operating System Concepts, Components, and Architectures
Building Operating Systems Incrementally: A Breadth-Oriented Spiral Approach
A Simple, Single Process Operating System
A Single User Multi-tasking Operating System
An Advanced Single User Multi-tasking Operating System
A Multiple-User Ope... MORE
Parallel and Distributed Computing, Clusters and Grids
In Depth - Processes and Memory
Process Management: Concepts, Threads, and Scheduling
More Process Management: Inter-process Communication, Synchronization, and Deadlocks
Basic Memory Management
Advanced Memory Management
In Depth - Files and Input/Output
File Systems - Basics
File Systems - Examples and More Features
Disk Scheduling and Input/Output Management
In Depth - Networks and Distributed Processing
Introduction to Computer Networks
Protection and Security
Introduction to Distributed Systems
Case Studies
Windows Vista
Linux
The Palm OS Appendices
Overview of Computer System and Architecture Concepts
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