About Book

The 6/e Update Edition offers improved conceptual coverage, added content to bridge the gap between concepts and actual implementations and a new chapter on the newest Operating System to capture the attention of critics, consumers and industry alike: Windows XP.

Content

• Introduction
• Computer-System Structures
• Operating-System Structures
• Processes
• Threads
• CPU Scheduling
• Process Synchronization
• Deadlocks
• Memory Management
• Virtual Memory
• File-System Interface
• File-System Implementation
• I/O Systems
• Mass-Storage Structure
• Distributed System Structures
• Distributed File Systems
• Distributed Coordination
• Protection
• Security
• The Linux System
• Windows 2000
• Windows XP
• Historical Perspective

Appendix A: The FreeBSD System (online)

Appendix B: The Mach System (online)

Appendix C: The Nachos System (online)