Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Silberschatz, Abraham.

Publication

Hoboken, NJ : J. Wiley & Sons, [2009], ©2009.

Supplementary Content

• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description

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Details

Additional Authors

• Galvin, Peter B.
• Gagne, Greg.

Description

xx, 972 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Subject

• Operating systems (Computers)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 923-940) and index.

Contents

Pt. 1. Overview -- Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Operating-System Structures -- Pt. 2. Process Management -- Ch. 3. Processes -- Ch. 4. Threads -- Ch. 5. CPU Scheduling -- Ch. 6. Process Synchronization -- Ch. 7. Deadlocks -- Pt. 3. Memory Management -- Ch. 8. Main Memory -- Ch. 9. Virtual Memory -- Pt. 4. Storage Management -- Ch. 10. File-System Interface -- Ch. 11. File-System Implementation -- Ch. 12. Mass-Storage Structure -- Ch. 13. I/O Systems -- Pt. 5. Protection and Security -- Ch. 14. Protection -- Ch. 15. Security -- Pt. 6. Distributed Systems -- Ch. 16. Distributed System Structures -- Ch. 17. Distributed File Systems -- Ch. 18. Distributed Coordination -- Pt. 7. Special Purpose Systems -- Ch. 19. Real-Time Systems -- Ch. 20. Multimedia Systems -- Pt. 8. Case Studies -- Ch. 21. The Linux System -- Ch. 22. Windows XP -- Ch. 23. Influential Operating Systems -- Pt. 9. Appendices -- Appendix A. BSD UNIX (contents online) -- Appendix B. The Mach System (contents online) -- Appendix C. Windows 2000 (contents online).

ISBN

• 9780470279939 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0470279931 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780470128725
• 0470128720

LCCN

2008277110

OCLC

• ocn260208396
• 260208396
• SCSB-5457361

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries