For introductory courses on operating systems.
Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles provides a comprehensive and unified introduction to operating systems topics. Stallings emphasizes both design issues and fundamental principles in contemporary systems and gives readers a solid understanding of the key structures and mechanisms of operating systems. He discusses design trade-offs and the practical decisions affecting design, performance and security. The book illustrates and reinforces design concepts and ties them to real-world design choices through the use of case studies in UNIX and Windows.
Chapter 0 Reader’s and Instructor’s Guide
PART 1 BACKGROUND
Chapter 1 Computer System Overview
Chapter 2 Operating System Overview
PART 2 PROCESSES
Chapter 3 Process Description and Control
Chapter 4 Threads
Chapter 5 Concurrency: Mutual Exclusion and Synchronization
Chapter 6 Concurrency: Deadlock and Starvation
PART 3 MEMORY
Chapter 7 Memory Management
Chapter 8 Virtual Memory
PART 4 SCHEDULING
Chapter 9 Uniprocessor Scheduling
Chapter 10 Multiprocessor and Real-Time Scheduling
PART 5 INPUT/OUTPUT AND FILES
Chapter 11 I/O Management and Disk Scheduling
Chapter 12 File Management
PART 6 EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
Chapter 13 Embedded Operating Systems
PART 7 COMPUTER SECURITY
Chapter 14 Computer Security Threats
Chapter 15 Computer Security Techniques
PART 8 DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
Chapter 16 Distributed Processing, Client/Server, and Clusters
William Stallings
William Stallings has made a unique contribution to understanding the broad sweep of technical developments in computer networking and computer architecture. He has authored 18 titles, and counting revised editions, a total of 35 books on various aspects of these subjects. In over 20 years in the field, he has been a technical contributor, technical manager, and an executive with several high-technology firms. Currently he is an independent consultant whose clients have included computer and networking manufacturers and customers, software development firms, and leading-edge government research institutions.
He has received the prize for best Computer Science and Engineering textbook of the year from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association six times.
Bill has designed and implemented both TCP/IP-based and OSI-based protocol suites on a variety of computers and operating systems, ranging from microcomputers to mainframes. As a consultant, he has advised government agencies, computer and software vendors, and major users on the design, selection, and use of networking software and products.
Dr. Stallings holds a Ph.D. from M.I.T. in Computer Science and a B.S. from Notre Dame in Electrical Engineering.
