Summary

Designed to meet the needs of undergraduate computer science students, Operating Systems follows the principle of top-down design and bottom-up development. The discussion of key concepts with few references to technologies helps the reader grasp the fundamentals easily.

Platform-independent, in-depth discussion of fundamental concepts Lucid explanation of the solutions to the problem of process synchronization An overview chapter that introduces relevant concepts and related terms Running marginalia that presents additional information without disrupting the continuity of the text Two detailed technological case studies, on Linux 2.6 and Microsoft Windows XP Over 650 end-of-chapter questions and exercises