Silberschatz, Abraham.

Operating system concepts / Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, Greg Gagne. - 8th ed. - Hoboken, NJ : J. Wiley & Sons, c2009. - xx, 972 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

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

Overview: Introduction; Operating-system structures -- Process management: Processes; Threads; CPU scheduling; Process synchronization; Deadlocks -- Memory management: Main memory; Virtual memory -- Storage management: File-system interface; File-system implementation; Mass-storage structure; I/O systems -- Protection and security: Protection; Security -- Distributed systems: Distributed system structures; Distributed file systems; Distributed coordination -- Special purpose systems: Real-time systems; Multimedia systems -- Case studies: Linux system; Windows XP; Influential operating systems.

DSU Title III 2007-2012.

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Operating systems (Computers)

QA76.76.O63 / S5583 2009

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