Operating system concepts

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Addison-Wesley, 1994 - Computers - 780 pages
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This bestselling book provides clear coverage of the fundamental concepts of the foundation of operating systems. The fifth edition discusses key concepts that are applicable to a variety of systems, and presents a large number of examples throughout that pertain to UNIX and Solaris 2. The authors include a completely new section on I/O Systems which includes three new chapters on I/O Systems, Secondary Storage Structure, and Tertiary Storage Structure. They also cover two new case studies -- WindowsNT and Linux.

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Contents

PART
11
ComputerSystem Structures
29
OperatingSystem Structures
57
Copyright

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address space allocated allow block buffer bytes cache Chapter client communication computer system copy CPU scheduling critical section deadlock defined demand paging device device driver discussed disk distributed system domain ensure entry example Figure file system frames function hardware implemented inode instruction interface interrupt kernel layer lock logical address Mach machine mailbox main memory mechanism memory management milliseconds modified monitor MS-DOS MULTICS multiprogramming mutex Nachos operating system operating-system page fault page table partition password path name performance physical memory pointer port priority problem processor protection protocol ready queue registers remote replacement request requires resource type scheduling algorithm scheme secondary storage segment semaphore server shared storage stored swap space synchronization system call tape task terminal thread time-sharing timestamp transaction transfer user process user program virtual memory wait-for graph waiting write

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About the author (1994)

Bell Laboratories

Abraham Silberschatz is the Sidney J. Weinberg Professor and Chair of the Computer Science Department at Yale University. He is the former vice president of the Information Sciences Research Center at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey. He previously held a chaired professorship in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin. He is an ACM Fellow and an IEEE Fellow. He received the 2002 IEEE Taylor L. Booth Education Award, the 1998 ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award, the 1997 ACM SIGMOD Contribution Award, and the IEEE Computer Society Outstanding Paper award

Peter Baer Galvin is the chief technologist for Corporate Technologies of Burlington, Massachusetts, where he designs and implements complex computing facilities. Previously, he was systems manager for the department of Computer Science at Brown University. He speaks and teaches worldwide on the topics of system management, security, and performance. Mr. Galvin also writes a column on systems administration for "SysAdmin Magazine," and is co-author of "Operating System Concepts,"

Greg Gagne is chair of the Computer Science department at Westminster College in Salt Lake City where he has been teaching since 1990. In addition to teaching operating systems, he also teaches courses in computer networks, distributed systems, and software engineering. He also provides workshops to computer science educators and industry professionals.

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TitleOperating system concepts
Addison-Wesley world student series
AuthorsAbraham Silberschatz, Peter B. Galvin
ContributorPeter B. Galvin
Edition4, illustrated
PublisherAddison-Wesley, 1994
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized16 Nov 2007
ISBN0201504804, 9780201504804
Length780 pages
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Computers / Operating Systems / General
  
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