Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 0 Reader's Guide -- 0.1 Outline of the Book -- 0.2 A Roadmap for Readers and Instructors -- 0.3 Internet and Web Resources -- PART ONE: BACKGROUND -- Chapter 1 Computer System Overview -- 1.1 Basic Elements -- 1.2 Processor Registers -- 1.3 Instruction Execution -- 1.4 Interrupts -- 1.5 The Memory Hierarchy -- 1.6 Cache Memory -- 1.7 I/O Communication Techniques -- 1.8 Recommended Reading and Web Sites -- 1.9 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Appendix 1A: Performance Characteristics of Two-Level Memory -- Appendix 1B: Procedure Control -- Chapter 2 Operating System Overview -- 2.1 Operating System Objectives and Functions -- 2.2 The Evolution of Operating Systems -- 2.3 Major Achievements -- 2.4 Developments Leading to Modern Operating Systems -- 2.5 Microsoft Windows Overview -- 2.6 Traditional UNIX Systems -- 2.7 Modern UNIX Systems -- 2.8 Linux -- 2.9 Recommended Reading and Web Sites -- 2.10 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- PART TWO: PROCESSES -- Chapter 3 Process Description and Control -- 3.1 What is a Process? -- 3.2 Process States -- 3.3 Process Description -- 3.4 Process Control -- 3.5 Execution of the Operating System -- 3.6 Security Issues -- 3.7 UNIX SVR4 Process Management -- 3.8 Summary -- 3.9 Recommended Reading -- 3.10 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Programming Project One Developing a Shell -- Chapter 4 Threads, SMP, and Microkernels -- 4.1 Processes and Threads -- 4.2 Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) -- 4.3 Microkernels -- 4.4 Windows Vista Thread and SMP Management -- 4.5 Solaris Thread and SMP Management -- 4.6 Linux Process and Thread Management -- 4.7 Summary -- 4.8 Recommended Reading -- 4.9 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Chapter 5 Concurrency: Mutual Exclusion and Synchronization -- 5.1 Principles of Concurrency.

5.2 Mutual Exclusion: Hardware Support -- 5.3 Semaphores -- 5.4 Monitors -- 5.5 Message Passing -- 5.6 Readers/Writers Problem -- 5.7 Summary -- 5.8 Recommended Reading -- 5.9 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Chapter 6 Concurrency: Deadlock and Starvation -- 6.1 Principles of Deadlock -- 6.2 Deadlock Prevention -- 6.3 Deadlock Avoidance -- 6.4 Deadlock Detection -- 6.5 An Integrated Deadlock Strategy -- 6.6 Dining Philosophers Problem -- 6.7 UNIX Concurrency Mechanisms -- 6.8 Linux Kernel Concurrency Mechanisms -- 6.9 Solaris Thread Synchronization Primitives -- 6.10 Windows Vista Concurrency Mechanisms -- 6.11 Summary -- 6.12 Recommended Reading -- 6.13 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- PART THREE: MEMORY -- Chapter 7 Memory Management -- 7.1 Memory Management Requirements -- 7.2 Memory Partitioning -- 7.3 Paging -- 7.4 Segmentation -- 7.5 Security Issues -- 7.6 Summary -- 7.7 Recommended Reading -- 7.8 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Appendix 7A: Loading and Linking -- Chapter 8 Virtual Memory -- 8.1 Hardware and Control Structures -- 8.2 Operating System Software -- 8.3 UNIX and Solaris Memory Management -- 8.4 Linux Memory Management -- 8.5 Windows Vista Memory Management -- 8.6 Summary -- 8.7 Recommended Reading and Web Sites -- 8.8 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Appendix 8A: Hash Tables -- PART FOUR: SCHEDULING -- Chapter 9 Uniprocessor Scheduling -- 9.1 Types of Scheduling -- 9.2 Scheduling Algorithms -- 9.3 Traditional UNIX Scheduling -- 9.4 Summary -- 9.5 Recommended Reading -- 9.6 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Appendix 9A: Response Time -- Appendix 9B: Queuing Systems -- Programming Project TwoThe HOST Dispatcher Shell -- Chapter 10 Multiprocessor and Real-Time Scheduling -- 10.1 Multiprocessor Scheduling -- 10.2 Real-Time Scheduling -- 10.3 Linux Scheduling.

10.4 UNIX FreeBSD Scheduling -- 10.5 Windows Vista Scheduling -- 10.6 Summary -- 10.7 Recommended Reading -- 10.8 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- PART FIVE: INPUT/OUTPUT AND FILES -- Chapter 11 I/O Management and Disk Scheduling -- 11.1 I/O Devices -- 11.2 Organization of the I/O Function -- 11.3 Operating System Design Issues -- 11.4 I/O Buffering -- 11.5 Disk Scheduling -- 11.6 RAID -- 11.7 Disk Cache -- 11.8 UNIX FreeBSD I/O -- 11.9 Linux I/O -- 11.10 Windows Vista I/O -- 11.11 Summary -- 11.12 Recommended Reading -- 11.13 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Appendix 11A: Disk Storage Devices -- Chapter 12 File Management -- 12.1 Overview -- 12.2 File Organization and Access -- 12.3 File Directories -- 12.4 File Sharing -- 12.5 Record Blocking -- 12.6 Secondary Storage Management -- 12.7 File System Security -- 12.8 UNIX File Management -- 12.9 Linux File Management -- 12.10 Windows Vista File System -- 12.11 Summary -- 12.12 Recommended Reading -- 12.13 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- PART SIX: EMBEDDED SYSTEMS -- Chapter 13 Embedded Operating Systems -- 13.1 Embedded Systems -- 13.2 Characteristics of Embedded Operating Systems -- 13.3 eCOS -- 13.4 TinyOS -- 13.5 Recommended Reading and Web Sites -- 13.6 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- PART SEVEN: SECURITY -- Chapter 14 Computer Security Threats -- 14.1 Computer Security Concepts -- 14.2 Threats,Attacks, and Assets -- 14.3 Intruders -- 14.4 Malicious Software Overview -- 14.5 Viruses, Worms, and Bots -- 14.6 Rootkits -- 14.7 Recommended Readings and Web Sites -- 14.8 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Chapter 15 Computer Security Techniques -- 15.1 Authentication -- 15.2 Access Control -- 15.3 Intrusion Detection -- 15.4 Malware Defense -- 15.5 Dealing with Buffer Overflow Attacks -- 15.6 Windows Vista Security.

15.7 Recommended Readings and Web Sites -- 15.8 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- PART EIGHT: DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS -- Chapter 16 Distributed Processing, Client/Server, and Clusters -- 16.1 Client/Server Computing -- 16.2 Distributed Message Passing -- 16.3 Remote Procedure Calls -- 16.4 Clusters -- 16.5 Windows Vista Cluster Server -- 16.6 Sun Cluster -- 16.7 Beowulf and Linux Clusters -- 16.8 Summary -- 16.9 Recommended Reading -- 16.10 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- APPENDICES -- Appendix A: Topics in Concurrency -- A.1 Mutual Exclusion: Software Approaches -- A.2 Race Conditions and Semaphores -- A.3 A Barbershop Problem -- A.4 Problems -- Appendix B: Object-Oriented Design -- B.1 Motivation -- B.2 Object-Oriented Concepts -- B.3 Benefits of Object-Oriented Design -- B.4 CORBA -- B.5 Recommended Reading and Web Site -- Appendix C: Programming and Operating System Projects -- C.1 Animations and Animation Projects -- C.2 Simulations -- C.3 Programming Projects -- C.4 Research Projects -- C.5 Reading/Report Assignments -- C.6 Writing Assignments -- C.7 Documentation Projects -- C.8 BACI and Nachos -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- ONLINE CHAPTERS AND APPENDICES -- Chapter 17 Networking -- 17.1 The Need for a Protocol Architecture -- 17.2 The TCP/IP Protocol Architecture -- 17.3 Sockets -- 17.4 Linux Networking -- 17.5 Summary -- 17.6 Recommended Reading and Web Sites -- 17.7 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Appendix 17A: The Trivial File Transfer Protocol -- Chapter 18 Distributed Process Management -- 18.1 Process Migration -- 18.2 Distributed Global States.

18.3 Distributed Mutual Exclusion -- 18.4 Distributed Deadlock -- 18.5 Summary -- 18.6 Recommended Reading -- 18.7 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Appendix D: The Complexity of Algorithms -- Appendix E: Standards Organizations -- E.1 The Importance of Standards -- E.2 Standards and Regulation -- E.3 Standards-Setting Organizations -- Appendix F: Cryptographic Algorithms -- F.1 Symmetric Encryption -- F.2 Public-Key Cryptography -- F.3 Secure Hash Functions -- Appendix G: The International Reference Alphabet -- Appendix H: BACI:The Ben-Ari Concurrent Programming System -- H.1 Introduction -- H.2 BACI -- H.3 Examples of BACI Programs -- H.4 BACI Projects -- H.5 Enhancements to the BACK System -- Appendix I: Sockets: A Programmer's Introduction -- I.1 Versions of Sockets -- I.2 Sockets, Socket Descriptors, Ports, and Connections -- I.3 The Client/Server Model of Communication -- I.4 Sockets Elements -- I.5 Stream and Datagram Sockets -- I.6 Run-Time Program Control -- I.7 Remote Execution of a Windows Console Application.

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