Title: Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles: International Edition
Publisher: TBS
Publication Date: 2008
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0136033377
ISBN 13: 9780136033370
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good

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Uses running case studies throughout the book, motivating the material and enhancing understanding. These relevant and contemporary cases use the systems:
Windows NT UNIX IBM MVS
Text has been reorganized into smaller, more manageable sized chapters.
A broad and unified expanded treatment of distributed operating systems thoroughly covers this area of increasing importance.
process migration process communication mutual exclusion deadlock
Presents comprehensive, lucid and extremely up-to-date topical coverage within a logical, well-developed framework.
detailed treatment of threads. unique, comprehensive treatment of scheduling. thorough, unified discussion of I/O. broad coverage of OS security. solid, systematic treatment of concurrency.
Provides an internet mailing list, for exchange of information/ideas with other instructors and author.
Object-oriented design techniques discussed and a separate appendix provided.
A website to provide support for instructors and students at http://www.shore.net/~ws/OS2e.html

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Blending up-to-date theory with state-of-the-art applications, this book offers a comprehensive treatment of operating systems, with an emphasis on internals and design issues. It helps readers develop a solid understanding of the key structures and mechanisms of operating systems, the types of trade-offs and decisions involved in OS design, and the context within which the operating system functions (hardware, other system programs, application programs, interactive users). Process Description And Control. Threads, SMP, And Microkernels. Concurrency: Mutual Exclusion And Synchronization. Concurrency: Deadlock And Starvation. Memory Management. Virtual Memory. Uniprocessor Scheduling. Multiprocessor And Real-Time Scheduling. I/O Management And Disk Scheduling. File Management. Distributed Processing, Client/Server, And Clusters. Distributed Process Management. Security. For product development personnel (Programmers, Systems Engineers, Network Designers, and others involved in the design of data communications and networking products), Product marketing personnel, and Information system and computer system personnel.

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