"This book is organized around three concepts fundamental to OS construction: virtualization (of CPU and memory), concurrency (locks and condition variables), and persistence (disks, RAIDS, and file systems"--Back cover.
Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces
The volume details such classic operating systems as the Atlas, B5000, Exec II, Egdon, CTSS, Multics, Titan,Unix, THE, RC 4000, Venus, Boss 2, Solo, OS 6, Alto, Pilot, Star, WFS, Unix United, and Amoeba systems.
Offering a broad survey of operating systems, this text provides a strong foundation for learning about the history, types, and functions of operating systems.
Hardware, software, firmware; Process concepts; Asynchronous concurrent processes; Concurrent programming: monitors; the ada rendezvous; Deadlock; Storage management; Real storage; Processor management; Auxiliary storage management; Performance; Network and security; Case studies.
An operating system is probably the most important part of the body of soft ware which goes with any modern computer system. I ts importance is reflected in the large...
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UNDERSTANDING OPERATING SYSTEMS provides a basic understanding of operating systems theory, a comparison of the major operating systems in use, and a description of the technical and operational tradeoffs inherent...
Introduction -- Access control fundamentals -- Multics -- Security in ordinary operating systems -- Verifiable security goals -- Security kernels -- Securing commercial operating systems -- Case study: solaris trusted extensions -- Case ...
New to this edition are a chapter on multithreading and extensive treatments of distributed computing, multiprocessing, performance, and computer security. An ideal up-to-date book for beginner operating systems readers.
This comprehensive book provides the readers with the basic under-standing of the theoretical and practical aspects of operating systems.