Advertisement

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xii
    PDF

  2. Design of an Operating System

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 1-1
      PDF
    2. Basic Operating System Concepts
      Colin J. Theaker, Graham R. Brookes
      Pages 2-9
    3. Performance of Input/Output Systems
      Colin J. Theaker, Graham R. Brookes
      Pages 10-17
    4. Spooling
      Colin J. Theaker, Graham R. Brookes
      Pages 18-30
    5. Time-Sharing Systems
      Colin J. Theaker, Graham R. Brookes
      Pages 31-34

  3. Operating System Techniques

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 35-35
      PDF
    2. Buffering Techniques
      Colin J. Theaker, Graham R. Brookes
      Pages 36-41
    3. Scheduling — Principles
      Colin J. Theaker, Graham R. Brookes
      Pages 42-51
    4. Scheduling — Algorithms
      Colin J. Theaker, Graham R. Brookes
      Pages 52-66
    5. Memory Management — Basic Principles
      Colin J. Theaker, Graham R. Brookes
      Pages 67-76
    6. Memory Management — Segmentation
      Colin J. Theaker, Graham R. Brookes
      Pages 77-91
    7. Memory Management — Paging Systems
      Colin J. Theaker, Graham R. Brookes
      Pages 92-108
    8. Memory Management — Algorithms and Performance
      Colin J. Theaker, Graham R. Brookes
      Pages 109-127
    9. File Management
      Colin J. Theaker, Graham R. Brookes
      Pages 128-134
    10. Resource Management — Deadlocks
      Colin J. Theaker, Graham R. Brookes
      Pages 135-143
    11. Resource Management — Protection
      Colin J. Theaker, Graham R. Brookes
      Pages 144-157
    12. Process Synchronisation — Basic Principles
      Colin J. Theaker, Graham R. Brookes
      Pages 158-173
    13. Process Synchronisation — Advanced Techniques
      Colin J. Theaker, Graham R. Brookes
      Pages 174-190
    14. Job Control Systems
      Colin J. Theaker, Graham R. Brookes
      Pages 191-198
  4. Back Matter
    Pages 199-203
    PDF

About this book

Keywords

algorithms complexity design development file system interface language multiprogramming operating system programming scheduling software timesharing UNIX validation

Authors and affiliations

  • Colin J. Theaker
    • 1
  • Graham R. Brookes
    • 2
  1. 1.University of ManchesterUK
  2. 2.University of SheffieldUK

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17138-5
  • Copyright Information Macmillan Publishers Limited 1983
  • Publisher Name Palgrave, London
  • eBook Packages Engineering
  • Print ISBN 978-0-333-34678-5
  • Online ISBN 978-1-349-17138-5
  • Buy this book on publisher's site