Operating System Concepts, 9th International student edition

This text is an unbound, binder-ready edition.

Operating System Concepts, now in its ninth edition, continues to provide a solid theoretical foundation for understanding operating systems. The ninth edition has been thoroughly updated to include contemporary examples of how operating systems function. The text includes content to bridge the gap between concepts and actual implementations. End-of-chapter problems, exercises, review questions, and programming exercises help to further reinforce important concepts.  A new Virtual Machine provides interactive exercises to help engage students with the material.

Table of Contents

Part One: Overview
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: System Structures

Part Two: Process Management
Chapter 3: Process Concept
Chapter 4: Multithreaded Programming
Chapter 5: Process Scheduling
Chapter 6: Synchronization
Chapter 7: Deadlocks

Part Three: Memory Management
Chapter 8: Memory-Management Strategies
Chapter 9: Virtual-Memory Management

Part Four: Storage Management
Chapter 10: File System
Chapter 11: Implementing File-Systems
Chapter 12: Mass-Storage Structure
Chapter 13: I/O Systems

Part Five: Protection and Security
Chapter 14: System Protection
Chapter 15: System Security

Part Six: Case Studies
Chapter 16: The Linux System
Chapter 17: Windows 7
Chapter 18: Influential Operating Systems