Design of the UNIX Operating System: International Edition - Couverture souple

Bach, Maurice J.

 
9780132017572: Design of the UNIX Operating System: International Edition
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0132017571 ISBN 13 : 9780132017572
Editeur : Pearson, 1986

Synopsis

This book describes the internal algorithms and the structures that form the basis of the UNIX® operating system and their relationship to the programmer interface. The system description is based on UNIX System V Release 2 supported by AT&T, with some features from Release 3.

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À propos de la quatrième de couverture

In this timely new book, Maurice J. Bach traces the popularity of the UNIX system throughout the computer industry. The author describes the internal algorithms and structures that form the basis of the operating system (the kernel) and their relationship to the programmer interface.

Among its key features, the book:

  • Describes the outline of the kernel architecture
  • Introduces the system buffer cache mechanism
  • Includes data structures and algorithms used internally by the file system
  • Covers the system calls that provide the user interface to the file system
  • Defines the context of a process and investigates the internal kernel primitives that manipulate the process context
  • Presents the system calls that control the process context
  • Describes process scheduling
  • Discussed memory management, including swapping and paging systems
  • Outlines general driver interfaces, with specific discussion of disk drivers and terminal drivers
  • Presents an overview of streams
  • Introduces inter-process communication and networking, including System V messages, shared memory, and semaphores
  • Explains tightly couples multiprocessor UNIX systems
  • Investigates distributed UNIX systems

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Pearson
Date d'édition
1986
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0132017571
ISBN 13 
9780132017572
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
486
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Riccardo Bacigalupo
riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it

Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �
Milano
20135
Italie

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9789332549579: Design Of The Unix Operating System

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  9332549575 ISBN 13 :  9789332549579
Editeur : Pearson India, 2015
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