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Operating system concepts/ Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, Greg Gagne

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi: Wiley, 2014Edition: 9thDescription: xvii, 856 pages: diagrams; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9788126554270
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 005.43 Si582
Contents:
Introduction -- System structures -- Process concept -- Multithread programming -- Process scheduling -- Synchronization -- Deadlocks -- memory-management strategies -- Virtual-memory management -- File system -- Implementing file-systems -- Mass-storage structure -- I/O systems -- System protection -- System security -- The Linux system -- Windows 7 -- Influential operating systems
Summary: Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Silberschatz: Operating Systems Concepts, Sixth Edition, continues to provide a solid theoretical foundation for understanding operating systems. The Sixth Edition offers improved conceptual coverage and added content to bridge the gap between concepts and actual implementations. Threads has been added to this latest edition and includes coverage of Pthreads and Java threads. All code examples have been rewritten and are now in C. Increased coverage of small footprint operating systems such as PalmOS and real-time operating system, as well as a new chapter on Windows 2000, have been added.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Books ISI Library, Kolkata 005.43 Si582 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out Gifted by Prof. Amita Pal 14/03/2025 C27491
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Includes bibliography and index

Introduction -- System structures -- Process concept -- Multithread programming -- Process scheduling -- Synchronization -- Deadlocks -- memory-management strategies -- Virtual-memory management -- File system -- Implementing file-systems -- Mass-storage structure -- I/O systems -- System protection -- System security -- The Linux system -- Windows 7 -- Influential operating systems

Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Silberschatz: Operating Systems Concepts, Sixth Edition, continues to provide a solid theoretical foundation for understanding operating systems. The Sixth Edition offers improved conceptual coverage and added content to bridge the gap between concepts and actual implementations. Threads has been added to this latest edition and includes coverage of Pthreads and Java threads. All code examples have been rewritten and are now in C. Increased coverage of small footprint operating systems such as PalmOS and real-time operating system, as well as a new chapter on Windows 2000, have been added.

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