Modern Operating Systems, 3/E

The much anticipated revision of this best-seller incorporates the latest developments in operating systems technologies. This authoritative book covers both the principles and practice of modern operating systems, with an emphasis on linux, windows vista, and embedded, real-time, and multimedia systems.the author brings his clear and entertaining style to the "big picture" concepts every os designer needs to master. Drawing on his long experience as designer or co-designer of three operating systems, he shares deep knowledge and practical detail. Among the many topics tanenbaum covers in depth are: processes, threads, memory management, file systems, i/o, deadlocks, interface design, multimedia, performance trad eoffs, andthe newest trends in operating system design.salient featuresup-to-date-minute coverage of windows vista and the newest linux/unix operating systemschapter-length case study on the symbian operating system for mobile devicesextensively updated and enhanced security coveragecoverage of new research that is likely to shape tomorrow's operating systemsupdated and additional programming exercises added to every chapteron line os experiments using popular windows and open source toolstoptable of contentspreface1. Introduction2. Processes and threads3. Memory management4. File systems5. Input/output6. Deadlocks7. Multimedia operating systems8. Multiple processor systems9. Security10. Case study 1: linux11. Case study 2: windows vista12. Case study 3: symbian os13. Operating system design14. Reading list and bibliographyindex