Operating system concepts

Another defining moment in the evolution of operating systems Small footprint operating systems, such as those driving the handheld devices that the baby dinosaurs are using on the cover, are just one of the cutting-edge applications you'll find in Silberschatz, Galvin, and Gagne's Operati...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Silberschatz, Abraham, author (author), Gagne, Greg, author, Galvin, Peter B., author
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Place of publication not identified] John Wiley & Sons Incorporated 2004
Edition:7th ed
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628329206719
Table of Contents:
  • Operating-System Structures
  • Processes
  • Threads
  • CPU scheduling
  • Process synchronization
  • Deadlocks
  • Main memory
  • Virtual memory
  • File-system interface
  • File-system implementation
  • Mass-storage structure
  • I/O systems
  • Protection
  • Security
  • Distributed system structures
  • Distributed file systems
  • Distributed coordination
  • Real-time systems
  • Multimedia systems
  • The Linux system
  • Windows XP
  • Influential operating systems.