Abraham Silberschatz is the Sidney J. Weinberg Professor of Computer Science at Yale University, USA. He was the chair of the Computer Science department at Yale from 2005 to 2011. Prior to coming to Yale in 2003, he was the Vice President of the Information Sciences Research Center at Bell Labs. He previously held an endowed professorship at the University of Texas at Austin, where he taught until 1993. His research interests include database systems, operating systems, storage systems, and network management.

• PART ONE. OVERVIEWChapter 1. Introduction.Chapter 2. Operating-System Structures.PART TWO. PROCESS MANAGEMENTChapter 3. ProcessesChapter 4. Threads.Chapter 5. Process Synchronization.Chapter 6. CPU Scheduling.PART THREE. MEMORY MANAGEMENTChapter 7. Main Memory.Chapter 8. Virtual Memory.PART FOUR. STORAGE MANAGEMENTChapter 9. . Mass-Storage Structure.Chapter 10. File-System Interface.Chapter 11. File-System ImplementationChapter 12. I/O Systems.PART FIVE. PROTECTION AND SECURITYChapter 13. Protection.Chapter 14. Security.PART SIX. CASE STUDIESChapter 15. The Linux/System.Appendix AAppendix BIndex 735

Abraham Silberschatz is the Sidney J. Weinberg Professor of Computer Science at Yale University, USA. He was the chair of the Computer Science department at Yale from 2005 to 2011. Prior to coming to Yale in 2003, he was the Vice President of the Information Sciences Research Center at Bell Labs. He previously held an endowed professorship at the University of Texas at Austin, where he taught until 1993. His research interests include database systems, operating systems, storage systems, and network management.

• PART ONE. OVERVIEWChapter 1. Introduction.Chapter 2. Operating-System Structures.PART TWO. PROCESS MANAGEMENTChapter 3. ProcessesChapter 4. Threads.Chapter 5. Process Synchronization.Chapter 6. CPU Scheduling.PART THREE. MEMORY MANAGEMENTChapter 7. Main Memory.Chapter 8. Virtual Memory.PART FOUR. STORAGE MANAGEMENTChapter 9. . Mass-Storage Structure.Chapter 10. File-System Interface.Chapter 11. File-System ImplementationChapter 12. I/O Systems.PART FIVE. PROTECTION AND SECURITYChapter 13. Protection.Chapter 14. Security.PART SIX. CASE STUDIESChapter 15. The Linux/System.Appendix AAppendix BIndex 735

Abraham Silberschatz is the Sidney J. Weinberg Professor of Computer Science at Yale University, USA. He was the chair of the Computer Science department at Yale from 2005 to 2011. Prior to coming to Yale in 2003, he was the Vice President of the Information Sciences Research Center at Bell Labs. He previously held an endowed professorship at the University of Texas at Austin, where he taught until 1993. His research interests include database systems, operating systems, storage systems, and network management.

• PART ONE. OVERVIEWChapter 1. Introduction.Chapter 2. Operating-System Structures.PART TWO. PROCESS MANAGEMENTChapter 3. ProcessesChapter 4. Threads.Chapter 5. Process Synchronization.Chapter 6. CPU Scheduling.PART THREE. MEMORY MANAGEMENTChapter 7. Main Memory.Chapter 8. Virtual Memory.PART FOUR. STORAGE MANAGEMENTChapter 9. . Mass-Storage Structure.Chapter 10. File-System Interface.Chapter 11. File-System ImplementationChapter 12. I/O Systems.PART FIVE. PROTECTION AND SECURITYChapter 13. Protection.Chapter 14. Security.PART SIX. CASE STUDIESChapter 15. The Linux/System.Appendix AAppendix BIndex 735