Indeholder "Preface", " The Main Goal", " Themes", " Structure", " Vocabulary", " Literature", " Acknowledgements", "1. An Overview of Operating Systems", " 1.1 The Purpose of an Operating System", " 1.1.1 Resource Sharing", " 1.1.2 Virtual Machines", " 1.1.3 Operating Systems and User Programs", " 1.2 Technological Background", " 1.2.1 Computer and Job Profiles", " 1.2.2 Batch Processing Systems", " 1.2.3 Spooling Systems", " 1.2.4 Interactive Systems", " 1.3 The Similarity of Operating Systems", " 1.4 Design Objectives", " 1.4.1 Special Purpose Systems", " 1.4.2 General Purpose Systems", " 1.5 Literature", "2. Sequential Processes", " 2.1 Introduction", " 2.2 Abstraction and Structure", " 2.3 Computations", " 2.3.1 Data and Operations", " 2.3.2 Processes", " 2.3.3 Computers and Programs", " 2.4 Data Structures", " 2.4.1 Primitive Data Types", " 2.4.2 Structured Data Types", " 2.5 Program Structures", " 2.5.1 Primitive Statements", " 2.5.2 Structured Statements", " 2.6 Program Construction", " 2.6.1 The Banker's Algorithm", " 2.6.2 A Hierarchal Solution", " 2.6.3 Conclusion", " 2.7 Literature", "3. Concurrent Processes", " 3.1 Concurrency", " 3.1.1 Definition", " 3.1.2 Concurrent Statements", " 3.1.3 An Example: Copying", " 3.2 Functional Systems", " 3.2.1 Program Verification", " 3.2.2 Time-dependent Errors", " 3.2.3 Disjoint Processes", " 3.2.4 The History Concept", " 3.2.5 A Closure Property", " 3.2.6 Non-functional Systems", " 3.3 Mutual Exclusion", " 3.3.1 Resource Sharing", " 3.3.2 Data Sharing", " 3.3.3 Critical Regions", " 3.3.4 Conclusion", " 3.4 Process Cooperation", " 3.4.1 Process Communication", " 3.4.2 Semaphores", " 3.4.3 Conditional Critical Regions", " 3.4.4 An Example: Message Buffers", " 3.4.5 An Example: Readers and Writers", " 3.4.6 A Comparison of Tools", " 3.4.7 Event Queues", " 3.4.8 Conclusion", " 3.5 Deadlocks", " 3.5.1 The Deadlock Problem", " 3.5.2 Permanent Resources", " 3.5.3 Hierarchal Resource Allocation", " 3.5.4 Hierarchal Process Communication", " 3.6 Literature", "4. Processor Management", " 4.1 Introduction", " 4.2 Short-term Scheduling", " 4.2.1 Process Descriptions", " 4.2.2 A Basic Monitor", " 4.2.3 Process Implementation", " 4.2.4 Semaphore and Event Implementation", " 4.2.5 Processor Multiplexing", " 4.2.6 Timing Constraints", " 4.2.7 Conclusion", " 4.3 Literature", "5. Store Management", " 5.1 Store Technology", " 5.1.1 Store Components", " 5.1.2 Hierarchal Stores", " 5.2 Store Addressing", " 5.2.1 Program Segmentation", " 5.2.2 Single-segment Computations", " 5.2.3 Multi-segment Computations", " 5.2.4 Program Relocation", " 5.2.5 Conclusion", " 5.3 Placement Algorithms", " 5.3.1 Contiguous segments", " 5.3.2 Paged segments", " 5.3.3 Conclusion", " 5.4 Store Multiplexing", " 5.4.1 Demand Fetching", " 5.4.2 Process Behavior", " 5.4.3 Load Control", " 5.4.4 Refinements", " 5.4.5 Conclusion", " 5.5 Literature", "6. Scheduling Algorithms", " 6.1 Queuing System Model", " 6.1.1 The Arrival Pattern", " 6.1.2 The Service Pattern", " 6.1.3 Performance Measures", " 6.1.4 A Conservation Law", " 6.2 Non-preemptive Scheduling", " 6.2.1 First-come First-served", " 6.2.2 Shortest Job Next", " 6.2.3 Highest Response Ratio Next", " 6.3 Preemptive Scheduling", " 6.3.1 Round Robin Scheduling", " 6.3.2 Limited Swapping", " 6.4 Literature", "7. Resource Protection", " 7.1 Introduction", " 7.2 Class Concept", " 7.3 Capabilities", " 7.4 Conclusion", " 7.5 Literature", "8. A Case Study: RC 4000", " 8.1 System Objectives", " 8.2 Basic Concepts", " 8.2.1 Programs and Internal Processes", " 8.2.2 Documents and External Processes", " 8.2.3 Monitor", " 8.3 Process Communication", " 8.3.1 Messages and Answers", " 8.3.2 Advantages of Message Buffering", " 8.3.3 Event Primitives", " 8.4 External Processes", " 8.4.1 Input/output", " 8.4.2 Mutual Exclusion", " 8.4.3 Process Identification", " 8.4.4 Replacement of External Processes", " 8.5 Internal Processes", " 8.5.1 Scheduling Primitives", " 8.5.2 Process Hierarchy", " 8.6 Resource Protection", " 8.6.1 Processor Allocation", " 8.6.2 Store Allocation", " 8.6.3 Message Buffers and Process Descriptions", " 8.6.4 Peripheral Devices", " 8.6.5 Privileged Operations", " 8.7 Monitor Features", " 8.7.1 Real-time Synchronization", " 8.7.2 Conversational Access", " 8.7.3 File System", " 8.8 Basic Operating System", " 8.8.1 Process Control", " 8.8.2 System Initialization", " 8.9 Size and Performance", " 8.10 Implementation Details", " 8.10.1 Process Communication", " 8.10.2 Process Scheduling", " 8.10.3 Preemption and Input/output", " 8.10.4 Interruptable Monitor Procedures", " 8.11 A Critical Review", " 8.11.1 System Advantages", " 8.11.2 System Disadvantages", " 8.12 Literature", "Exercises", "Answers", "Vocabulary", "Index to Vocabulary", "References", "Index to Algorithms", "Index".

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