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Operating systems : principles and practice / Thomas Anderson and Michael Dahlin

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: [West Lake Hills, TX] : Recursive Books Ltd., c2014Edition: SECOND EDITIONDescription: xvi, 669 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780985673529
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QA 76.76.O63 .A53 2014
Contents:
1. Introduction -- Part I Kernels and processes -- 2. The Kernel abstraction -- 3. The Programming interface -- Part II Concurrency -- 4. Concurrency and threads -- 5. Synchronizing access to shared objects -- 6. Multi-object synchronization -- 7. Scheduling -- Part II Memory management -- 9. Caching and virtual memory -- 10. Advanced memory management -- Part IV Persistent storage -- 11. File systems : introduction and overview -- 12. Storage devices -- 13. Files and directories -- 14. Reliable storage
Summary: Part of the excitement is that the core ideas in a modern operating system - protection, concurrency, virtualization, resource allocation and reliable storage - have become widely applied throughout computer science not just operating system kernel.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Graduate Studies General Circulation Gen. Ed - CEAS GC QA 76.76.O63 .A53 2014 c.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.3 Available NULIB000011347

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction -- Part I Kernels and processes -- 2. The Kernel abstraction -- 3. The Programming interface -- Part II Concurrency -- 4. Concurrency and threads -- 5. Synchronizing access to shared objects -- 6. Multi-object synchronization -- 7. Scheduling -- Part II Memory management -- 9. Caching and virtual memory -- 10. Advanced memory management -- Part IV Persistent storage -- 11. File systems : introduction and overview -- 12. Storage devices -- 13. Files and directories -- 14. Reliable storage

Part of the excitement is that the core ideas in a modern operating system - protection, concurrency, virtualization, resource allocation and reliable storage - have become widely applied throughout computer science not just operating system kernel.

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