Operating System Concepts, 8th Edition

Table of Contents

 

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Preface

Organization of This Book

Content of This Book

Operating-System Environments

The Eighth Edition

Programming Problems and Projects

Teaching Supplements

Mailing List

Suggestions

Acknowledgments

 

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 Distributed Systems

1.11 Special-Purpose Systems

1.12 Computing Environments

1.13 Open-Source Operating Systems

1.14 Summary

Practice Exercises

Exercises

Wiley Plus

Bibliographical Notes

 

CHAPTER 2 - Operating System Structures

 

2.1 Operating-System Services

2.2 User 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 Virtual Machines

2.9 Operating-System Debugging

2.10 Operating-System Generation

2.11 System Boot

2.12 Summary

Practice Exercises

Exercises

Programming Problems

Programming Projects

Wiley Plus

Bibliographical Notes

 

Part Two - Process Management

CHAPTER 3 - Processes

 

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

Practice Exercises

Exercises

Programming ...