Stallings, William <br/><br/>
Operating systems :  internals and design principles / 
William Stallings 
 - Seventh edition 
 - Boston, Massachusetts :  Pearson,  c2012 
 - 788 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Part 1. Background -- Chapter 1. Computer system overview -- Chapter 2. Operating system overview -- Part 2. Processes -- Chapter 3. Process description and control -- Chapter 4. Threads -- Chapter 5. Concurrency : Mutual exclusion and synchronization -- Chapter 6 : Concurrency : deadlock and starvation -- Part 3. Memory -- Chapter 7. Memory management -- Chapter 8. Virtual memory -- Part 4 : Scheduling -- Chapter 9. Uniprocessor scheduling -- Chapter 10. Multiprocessor and real-time scheduling -- Part 5 : Input/output and files -- Chapter 11. I/O management and disk scheduling -- Chapter 12. File management -- Part 6. Embedded systems -- Chapter 13. Embedded operating systems -- Part 7. Computer security -- Chapter 14. Computer security threats -- Chapter 15. Computer security threats -- Part 8. Distributed systems -- Chapter 16. Distributed processing, client/server, and cluster  
<br/><br/> This book is about the concepts, structure, and mechanisms of operating systems. Its purpose is to present, as clearly and completely as possible, the nature and characteristics of modern-day operating systems. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780273751502 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>OPERATING SYSTEMS (COMPUTERS)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QA 76.76.O63 .S735 2012