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 ...

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