Operating System Concepts with Java 8/e continues to evolve with emerging course needs and to provide a solid theoretical foundation for understanding operating systems. The eighth edition has been updated to offer coverage of the most current topics and applications, improved conceptual coverage and additional content to bridge the gap between concepts and actual implementations. The new two-color design allows for easier navigation and supports student motivation. New end-of-chapter, exercises, review questions, and programming exercises help to further reinforce important concepts. This version provides examples and problems in Java, a language that many undergraduates are more comfortable with than the C of the regular version.
Table of Contents:
Part One. Overview. Chapter 1. Introduction.
Chapter 2. Operating-System Structures.
Part Two. Process Management.
Chapter 3. Processes.
Chapter 4. Threads.
Chapter 5. CPU Scheduling.
Chapter 6. Process Synchronization.
Chapter 7. Deadlocks.
Part Three. Memory Management.
Chapter 8. Main Memory.
Chapter 9. Virtual Memory.
Part Four. Storage Management.
Chapter 10. File-System Interface.
Chapter 11. File-System Implementation.
Chapter 12. Mass-Storage Structure.
Chapter 13. I/O Systems.
Part Five. Protection and Security.
Chapter 14. Protection.
Chapter 15. Security.
Part Six. Distributed Systems.
Chapter 16. Distributed System Structures.
Chapter 17. Distributed File Systems.
Chapter 18. Distributed Coordination.
Part Seven. Special Purpose Systems.
Chapter 19. Real-Time Systems.
Chapter 20. Multimedia Systems.
Part Eight. Case Studies.
Chapter 21. The Linux System.
Chapter 22. Windows XP.
Chapter 23. Influential Operating Systems.
Part Nine. Appendices.
Appendix A. BSD UNIX (contents online).
Appendix B. The Mach System (contents online).
Appendix C. Windows 2000 (contents online).
Appendix D. Distributed Communication (contents online).
Appendix E. Java Primer (contents online).
Bibliography.
Index.