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Tabla de Contenidos: “…1.10 OUTLINE OF THE REST OF THIS BOOK -- 1.11 METRIC UNITS -- 1.12 SUMMARY -- 2 PROCESSES AND THREADS -- 2.1 PROCESSES -- 2.1.1 The Process Model -- 2.1.2 Process Creation -- 2.1.3 Process Termination -- 2.1.4 Process Hierarchies -- 2.1.5 Process States -- 2.1.6 Implementation of Processes -- 2.1.7 Modeling Multiprogramming -- 2.2 THREADS -- 2.2.1 Thread Usage -- 2.2.2 The Classical Thread Model -- 2.2.3 POSIX Threads -- 2.2.4 Implementing Threads in User Space -- 2.2.5 Implementing Threads in the Kernel -- 2.2.6 Hybrid Implementations -- 2.2.7 Scheduler Activations -- 2.2.8 Pop-Up Threads -- 2.2.9 Making Single-Threaded Code Multithreaded -- 2.3 INTERPROCESS COMMUNICATION -- 2.3.1 Race Conditions -- 2.3.2 Critical Regions -- 2.3.3 Mutual Exclusion with Busy Waiting -- 2.3.4 Sleep and Wakeup -- 2.3.5 Semaphores -- 2.3.6 Mutexes -- 2.3.7 Monitors -- 2.3.8 Message Passing -- 2.3.9 Barriers -- 2.3.10 Avoiding Locks: Read-Copy-Update -- 2.4 SCHEDULING -- 2.4.1 Introduction to Scheduling -- 2.4.2 Scheduling in Batch Systems -- 2.4.3 Scheduling in Interactive Systems -- 2.4.4 Scheduling in Real-Time Systems -- 2.4.5 Policy Versus Mechanism -- 2.4.6 Thread Scheduling -- 2.5 CLASSICAL IPC PROBLEMS -- 2.5.1 The Dining Philosophers Problem -- 2.5.2 The Readers and Writers Problem -- 2.6 RESEARCH ON PROCESSES AND THREADS -- 2.7 SUMMARY -- 3 MEMORY MANAGEMENT -- 3.1 NO MEMORY ABSTRACTION -- 3.2 A MEMORY ABSTRACTION: ADDRESS SPACES -- 3.2.1 The Notion of an Address Space -- 3.2.2 Swapping -- 3.2.3 Managing Free Memory -- 3.3 VIRTUAL MEMORY -- 3.3.1 Paging -- 3.3.2 Page Tables -- 3.3.3 Speeding Up Paging -- 3.3.4 Page Tables for Large Memories -- 3.4 PAGE REPLACEMENT ALGORITHMS -- 3.4.1 The Optimal Page Replacement Algorithm -- 3.4.2 The Not Recently Used Page Replacement Algorithm -- 3.4.3 The First-In, First-Out (FIFO) Page Replacement Algorithm…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…1.7.7 Variable resistance -- 1.7.8 Accelerometer (knock sensors) -- 1.7.9 Linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) -- 1.7.10 Hot wire air flow sensor -- 1.7.11 Thin film air flow sensor -- 1.7.12 Vortex flow sensor -- 1.7.13 Pitot tube -- 1.7.14 Turbine fluid flow sensor -- 1.7.15 Optical sensors -- 1.7.16 Oxygen sensors -- 1.7.17 Light sensors -- 1.7.18 Thick-film air temperature sensor -- 1.7.19 Methanol sensor -- 1.7.20 Rain sensor -- 1.7.21 Oil sensor -- 1.7.22 Dynamic vehicle position sensors -- 1.7.23 Summary -- 1.8 Actuators -- 1.8.1 Introduction -- 1.8.2 Solenoid actuators -- 1.8.3 EGR valve -- 1.8.4 Motorized actuators -- 1.8.5 Stepper motors -- 1.8.6 Synchronous motors -- 1.8.7 Thermal actuators -- 1.9 Testing electronic components, sensors and actuators -- 1.9.1 Introduction -- 1.9.2 Testing sensors -- 1.9.3 Testing actuators -- 1.10 Updates -- 1.10.1 Sensors overview and developments -- Chapter 2 Tools and equipment -- 2.1 Basic equipment -- 2.1.1 Introduction -- 2.1.2 Basic hand tools -- 2.1.3 Accuracy of test equipment -- 2.1.4 Multimeters -- 2.1.5 Logic probe -- 2.2 Oscilloscopes -- 2.2.1 Introduction -- 2.2.2 Waveforms -- 2.3 Scanners/fault code readers and analysers -- 2.3.1 On-board diagnostics introduction -- 2.3.2 Serial port communications -- 2.3.3 OBD2 signal protocols -- 2.3.4 Entry level scanners -- 2.3.5 Bosch KTS diagnostic equipment -- 2.3.6 Engine analysers -- 2.4 Emission testing -- 2.4.1 Introduction -- 2.4.2 Exhaust gas measurement -- 2.4.3 Exhaust analyser -- 2.4.4 Emission limits -- 2.5 Pressure testing -- 2.5.1 Introduction -- 2.5.2 Automotive pressure oscilloscope transducer -- 2.5.3 Breakout boxes -- 2.6 Diagnostic procedures -- 2.6.1 Introduction -- 2.6.2 The 'theory' of diagnostics -- 2.7 Pass-through technology -- 2.7.1 Introduction -- 2.7.2 J2534 -- 2.7.3 Hardware and software requirements…”

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