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.