本书采用螺旋方法和深度导向方法讲解操作系统原理。首先介绍一些基本的背景和定义,然后描述一个非常简单的操作系统,之后将它演化为具有更多特性的更复杂的操作系统。这样循序渐进、逐步深入,可以使学生更透彻地理解操作系统的本质。
本书分为六个部分:**部分介绍一些总体背景信息;第二部分采用螺旋方法,按照复杂度递增的次序,介绍五类操作系统;第三部分到第五部分采用深度导向方法详细地探讨操作系统的各个主题:从进程到内存管理,再到文件系统;第六部分通过三个实例更深入地研究这些系统的特性是如何实现的。
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·对于所讨论的操作系统,书中适当介绍一些当时的行业历史,有时还涉及关键的企业或个人,这样能帮助学生更好地理解操作系统。
·涵盖在设备中的现代操作系统,而不仅仅是通常的计算机中的操作系统。
·讨论算法级解决方案,而没有列出实际代码,便于使用不同编程语言实现。显示全部信息

Preface viii
Part 1 Operating Systems Overview and Background
Chapter 1 Getting Started
Chapter 2 Operating System Concepts, Components,and Architectures
Part 2 Building Operating Systems Incrementally: A Breadth-Oriented Spiral Approach
Chapter 3 A Simple, Single-Process Operating System
Chapter 4 A Single-User Multitasking Operating System
Chapter 5 A Single-User Multitasking/Multithreading Operating System
Chapter 6 A Multiple-User Operating System
Chapter 7 Parallel and Distributed Computing, Clusters,and Grids
Part 3 CPU and Memory Management
Chapter 8 Process Management: Concepts, Threads,and Scheduling
Chapter 9 More Process Management: Interprocess Communication, Synchronization,and Deadlocks
Chapter 10 Basic Memory Management
Chapter 11 Advanced Memory Management
Part 4 A Depth-Oriented Presentation of OS Concepts: Files Systems and Input/Output
Chapter 12 File Systems-Basics
Chapter 13 File Systems-Examples and More Features
Chapter 14 Disk Scheduling and Input/Output Management
Part 5 Networks, Distributed Systems,and Security
Chapter 15 Introduction to Computer Networks
Chapter 16 Protection and Security
Chapter 17 Distributed Operating Systems
Part 6 Case Studies
Chapter 18 Windows NT through Vista
Chapter 19 Linux: A Case Study 445
Chapter 20 Palm OS: A Class Case Study
Appendix Overview of Computer System and Architecture Concepts