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Silberschatz, Abraham.

Operating system concepts / Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, Greg Gagne. - 8th edition - xx, 972 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.

ISBN: 9780470279939 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0470279931 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780470128725 0470128720 9780470233993 (pbk.) 0470233990 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2008277110

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Operating systems (Computers)

LC Class. No.: QA76.76.O63 / S5583 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 005.43 / S.A.O