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Operating system concepts/ Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, Greg Gagne.

By: Silberschatz, Abraham.
Contributor(s): Galvin, Peter B | Gagne, Greg.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Windows XP update.Publisher: [Hoboken, NJ] : Wiley, c2003Edition: 6th ed.Description: xxi, 951 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0471262722; 9780471262725.Subject(s): Operating systems (Computers) | Computer science | Operating systemsDDC classification: 005.43 SIL
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Computer-System Structures -- 3. Operating-System Structures -- 4. Processes -- 5. Threads -- 6. CPU Scheduling -- 7. Process Synchronization -- 8. Deadlocks -- 9. Memory Management -- 10. Virtual Memory -- 11. File-System Interface -- 12. File-System Implementation -- 13. I/O Systems --14. Mass-Storage Structure -- 15. Distributed System Structures -- 16. Distributed File Systems -- 17. Distributed Coordination -- 18. Protection -- 19. Security -- 20. The Linux System --21. Windows 2000 -- 22. Windows XP. -- 23. Historical Perspective -- Appendix A: The FreeBSD System (online) -- Appendix B: The Mach System (online) -- Appendix C: The Nachos System (online).
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library Ground Floor Main 005.43 SIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 38888000540421
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Silberschatz: Operating Systems Concepts, 6/e Windows XP Update Edition, the best selling introductory text in the market, continues to provide a solid theoretical foundation for understanding operating systems. The 6/e Update Edition offers improved conceptual coverage, added content to bridge the gap between concepts and actual implementations and a new chapter on the newest Operating System to capture the attention of critics, consumers, and industry alike: Windows XP. and Java threads. are now in C. the text. small footprint operating systems such as PalmOS and real-time operating systems. Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD.

Previous ed.: Reading, Mass : Addison Wesley Longman, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 869-897) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Computer-System Structures -- 3. Operating-System Structures -- 4. Processes -- 5. Threads -- 6. CPU Scheduling -- 7. Process Synchronization -- 8. Deadlocks -- 9. Memory Management -- 10. Virtual Memory -- 11. File-System Interface -- 12. File-System Implementation -- 13. I/O Systems --14. Mass-Storage Structure -- 15. Distributed System Structures -- 16. Distributed File Systems -- 17. Distributed Coordination -- 18. Protection -- 19. Security -- 20. The Linux System --21. Windows 2000 -- 22. Windows XP. -- 23. Historical Perspective -- Appendix A: The FreeBSD System (online) -- Appendix B: The Mach System (online) -- Appendix C: The Nachos System (online).