Includes bibliographical references (pages 855-884) and index.
Contents
Operating-System Structures -- Processes -- Threads -- CPU scheduling -- Process synchronization -- Deadlocks -- Main memory -- Virtual memory -- File-system interface -- File-system implementation -- Mass-storage structure -- I/O systems -- Protection -- Security -- Distributed system structures -- Distributed file systems -- Distributed coordination -- Real-time systems -- Multimedia systems -- The Linux system -- Windows XP -- Influential operating systems.