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  • © 1983

A Practical Course on Operating Systems

Authors:

  1. Colin J. Theaker

    1. University of Manchester, UK

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  2. Graham R. Brookes

    1. University of Sheffield, UK

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Design of an Operating System

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    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
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    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
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Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Manchester, UK

    Colin J. Theaker

  • University of Sheffield, UK

    Graham R. Brookes

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