AN INTRODUCTION TO OPERATING SYSTEMS CONCEPTS AND PRACTICE (GNU/LINUX)

by PRAMOD CHANDRA P. BHATT

Overview

Covers OS structures, scheduling, and resource allocation. Explores Linux, Windows, and UNIX systems. Essential for programmers and system administrators. A structured approach to OS functionality.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788120348363
Publisher:	PHI Learning
Publication date:	01/01/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	12 MB
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About the Author

Pramod Chandra P. Bhatt, PhD, has been a consultant to several companies (Intel, IBM, Accenture, Philips, Sharp, ABB, Polaris) and Advisor to the India Semiconductor Association. He formerly served IIT Delhi from 1969 to 1996 and was Head of Computer Science and Engineering Department from 1983 to 1988. Later, he served as a senior Professor at the International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore.Professor Bhatt’s teaching career, spanning over 40 years, includes assignments at University of Ottawa, McGill University (Canada), Kochi University of Technology (Japan), and Universitat Dortmund and Paderborn (Germany.) He was a Konrad Zuse Fellow for the year 1991–1992. His areas of interest include software architecture and systems design, computer architecture, operating systems, compilers and distributed computing.

Table of Contents

Foreword • Preface Preface to the Third Edition Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Part I: OS—Concepts 1. Introduction to Operating Systems 2. File Systems and Management 3. Process and Process Management 4. Memory Management 5. Input Output (IO) Management 6. Resource Sharing and Management 7. Interprocess Communication 8. Distributed Computing 9. Real-Time Operating Systems and Microkernels 10. OS and Security 11. Recent Trends in OS Part II: OS—Practice with GNU/Linux 12. Getting Started with GNU/Linux 13. Search and Sort Tools 14. AWK Tool in GNU/Linux 15. Shell Scripts in GNU/Linux 16. Programming with Threads 17. Unix Kernal Architecture 18. make Tool in Unix 19. Some Other Tools in GNU/Linux 20. Source Code Control System in Unix 21. X-Windows in Unix 22. System Administration in Unix Part III: Contemporary Operating Systems 23. Linux 24. Windows Operating Systems 25. Vista Operating System 26. VxWorks Operating System 27. Operating Systems for Handheld Systems Part IV: Projects and Question Bank 28. Case Studies and Project Ideas Question Bank • References • Index