Hardware, software, firmware; Process concepts; Asynchronous concurrent processes; Concurrent programming: monitors; the ada rendezvous; Deadlock; Storage management; Real storage; Processor management; Auxiliary storage management; Performance; Network and security; Case studies.
This book is an introduction to the design and implementation of operating systems using OSP 2, the next generation of the highly popular OSP courseware for undergraduate operating system courses.
Basically, this text enables students to learn by practicing with the examples and doing exercises.
"This book is organized around three concepts fundamental to OS construction: virtualization (of CPU and memory), concurrency (locks and condition variables), and persistence (disks, RAIDS, and file systems"--Back cover
This text aims to provide a firm foundation in the principles and concepts of operating systems design and discuss major issues, as well as to show how several operating systems...
I hope this book will go some way toward dispelling the mystique, and encourage a greater general understanding of the principles on which operating systems are constructed.
Operating Systems Design and Implementation, 3e , is ideal for introductory courses on computer operating systems. Written by the creator of Minux, professional programmers will now have the...
Provides a practical view of GNU/Linux and Windows 7, 8 and 10, covering different design considerations and patterns of use.
Introducing basic networking concepts as well as providing an introduction to Windows 2000/XP Professional, this book provides a solid foundation for all beginning users. Readers will gain a fundamental knowledge...
Offering a broad survey of operating systems, this text provides an advanced survey of seven different operating systems from an administrative standpoint.