... System Calls 62
2.4 Types of System Calls 66
2.5 System Programs 74
2.6 Operating- System Design and
Implementation 75
2.7 Operating- System Structure 78
2.8 Operating- System Debugging 86
2.9 Operating- System ... Open-Source Operating Systems 43
1.13 Summary 47
Exercises 49
Bibliographical Notes 52
Chapter 2 Operating- System Structures
2.1 Operating- System Services 55
2.2 User and Operating- System
Interface ... 1 Introduction
1.1 What Operating Systems Do 4
1.2 Computer -System Organization 7
1.3 Computer -System Architecture 12
1.4 Operating- System Structure 19
1.5 Operating- System Operations 21
1.6...
... disk), so there must be a
global program (the operating system) that handles all types of errors. Also, by having
errors processed by the operating system, processes need not contain code to catch ... either the user job or the operatingsystem itself. Describe
two difficulties that you think could arise with such a scheme.
Answer: The data required by the operatingsystem (passwords, access ... (security) system?
Answer: By establishing a set of privileged instructions that can be executed only when
in the monitor mode, the operatingsystem is assured of controlling the entire system at...
... the Eighth Edition vii
Foreword to the Eighth Edition xi
Preface to the Seventh Edition xii
Introduction to the Sixth Edition xiii
Foreword to the Fifth Edition xxx
Preface to the Fifth Edition ... offer is by its very nature
an unfinished and undogmatic philosophy which is certain to
be improved upon by future generations. And I expect and
welcome disagreement with my formulations by both ... for
that. The limits of the society that we find congenial and
desirable is determined by our own condition, not by the ex-
tent of it in the world. This is doubtless the point in which I
depart most...
... code.
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1.1
Operating System Concepts
Chapter 1: Introduction
■ What is an Operating System?
■ Mainframe Systems
■ Desktop Systems
■ Multiprocessor Systems
■ Distributed Systems
■ ... Clustered System
■ Real -Time Systems
■ Handheld Systems
■ Computing Environments
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Operating System Concepts
Parallel Systems
■ Multiprocessor systems with ... 2002
2.9
Operating System Concepts
Device-Status Table
xiv Contents
Chapter 3 Operating- System Structures
3.1 System Components 55
3.2 Operating- System Services 61
3.3 System Calls 63
3.4 System Programs...