Operating Systems Concepts with Java

\* New edition of the bestseller provides readers with a clear description of the concepts that underlie operating systems\* Uses Java to illustrate many ideas and includes numerous examples that pertain specifically to popular operating systems such as UNIX, Solaris 2, Windows NT and XP, Mach, the Apple Macintosh OS, IBM's OS/2 and Linux\* Style is even more hands-on than the previous edition, with extensive programming examples written in Java and C\* New coverage includes recent advances in Windows 2000/XP, Linux, Solaris 9, and Mac OS X\* Detailed case studies of Windows XP and Linux give readers full coverage of two very popular operating systems\* Also available from the same authors, the highly successful Operating System Concepts, Sixth Edition (0-471-25060-0) 1. Introduction -- 2. Computer-system Structures -- 3. Operating-system Structures -- 4. Processes -- 5. Threads -- 6. Cpu Scheduling -- 7. Process Synchronization -- 8. Deadlocks -- 9. Memory Management -- 10. Virtual Memory -- 11. File-system Interface -- 12. File-system Implementation -- 13. I/o Systems -- 14. Mass-storage Structure -- 15. Distributed System Structures -- 16. Distributed File Systems -- 17. Distributed Coordination -- 18. Protection -- 19. Security -- 20. Linux System -- 21. Windows Xp -- 22. Influential Operating Systems -- Appendices A-e -- Bibliography -- Credits -- Index. Abraham Silverschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, Greg Gagne. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 873-899) And Index. Provides a clear description of the concepts that underlie operating systems. This book uses Java to illustrate many of these ideas, and includes numerous examples that pertain specifically to popular operating systems such as UNIX, Solaris 2, Windows NT, Mach, the Apple Macintosh OS, IBM's OS/2 and Linux. An operating system is a program that manages the computer hardware.