Modern Operating Systems

✍ Scribed by Andrew S. Tanenbaum

• Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 1094
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The widely anticipated revision of this worldwide best-seller incorporates the latest developments in operating systems technologies.  The Third Edition includes up-to-date materials on relevant operating systems such as Linux, Windows, and embedded real-time and multimedia systems. Includes new and updated coverage of multimedia operating systems, multiprocessors, virtual machines, and antivirus software. Covers internal workings of Windows Vista (Ch. 11); unique even for current publications. Provides information on current research based Tanenbaum’s experiences as an operating systems researcher. A useful reference for programmers.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface ......Page 18
Introduction ......Page 23
Processes and threads ......Page 103
Memory Management ......Page 195
File Systems ......Page 275
Input / Output ......Page 349
Deadlocks ......Page 453
Multimedia Operating Systems ......Page 487
Multiple Processor Systems ......Page 543
Security ......Page 631
Cast Study 1: Linux ......Page 737
Case Study 2: Windows Vista ......Page 831
Case Study 3: Symbian OS ......Page 947
Operating System Design ......Page 977
Readling List and Bibliography ......Page 1025
Index ......Page 1067