Programmers don't want to just read about the core concepts of operating systems. They want to learn how to apply the material by actually building applications. This new book motivates them by presenting numerous programming exercises at the code level.

Informationen zum Autor Professor Doeppner is an associate professor of computer science at Brown University. His research interests include mobile computing in education, mobile and ubiquitous computing, operating systems and distribution systems, parallel computing, and security. Klappentext "Programmers don't want to just read about the core concepts of operating systems. They want to learn how to apply the material by actually building applications. This new book motivates them by presenting numerous programming exercises at the code level. They are not only introduced to the OS concepts and abstractions, but also the implementation. Two design projects are integrated throughout the book that they'll be able to follow to get them into the code. Self-assessment and review material is presented at the end of each chapter to reinforce concepts. These features help to make this an excellent resource for programmers to gain invaluable experience."-- Zusammenfassung Programmers don t want to just read about the core concepts of operating systems. They want to learn how to apply the material by actually building applications. This new book motivates them by presenting numerous programming exercises at the code level. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Introduction. 1.1 Operating Systems. 1.2 A Brief History of Operating Systems. 1.3 A Simple OS. 1.4 Beyond a Simple OS. 1.5 Conclusions. 1.6 Exercises. 1.7 References. 2 Multithreaded Programming. 2.1 Why Threads? 2.2 Programming with Threads. 2.3 Conclusions. 2.4 Exercises. 2.5 References. 3 Basic Concepts. 3.1 Context Switching. 3.2 Input/Output Architectures. 3.3 Dynamic Storage Allocation. 3.4 Linking and Loading. 3.5 Booting. 3.6 Conclusions. 3.7 Exercises. 3.8 References. 4 Operating-System Design. 4.1 A Simple System. 4.2 Rethinking Operating-System Structure. 4.3 Conclusions. 4.4 Exercises. 4.5 References. 5 Processor Management. 5.1 Threads Implementations. 5.2 Interrupts. 5.3 Scheduling. 5.4 Conclusions. 5.5 Exercises. 5.6 References. 6 File Systems. 6.1 The Basics of File Systems. 6.2 Crash Resiliency. 6.3 Directories and Naming. 6.4 Multiple Disks. 6.5 Flash Memory. 6.6 Case Studies. 6.7 Conclusions. 6.8 Exercises. 6.9 References. 7 Memory Management. 7.1 Memory Management in the Early Days. 7.2 Hardware Support for Virtual Memory. 7.3 Operating-System Issues. 7.4 Conclusions. 7.5 Exercises. 7.6 References. 8 Security. 8.1 Security Goals. 8.2 Security Architectures. 8.3 Conclusions. 8.4 Exercises. 8.5 References. 9 Introduction to Networking. 9.1 Network Basics. 9.2 Remote Procedure Call Protocols. 9.3 Conclusions. 9.4 Exercises. 9.5 References. 10 Distributed File Systems. 10.1 The Basics. 10.2 NFS Version 2. 10.3 Common Internet File System (CIFS). 10.4 DFS. 10.5 NFS Version 4. 10.6 Conclusions. 10.7 Exercises. 10.8 References. Appendix URL Index. Glossary. Index. ...

Autorentext

Professor Doeppner is an associate professor of computer science at Brown University. His research interests include mobile computing in education, mobile and ubiquitous computing, operating systems and distribution systems, parallel computing, and security.

Klappentext

"Programmers don't want to just read about the core concepts of operating systems. They want to learn how to apply the material by actually building applications. This new book motivates them by presenting numerous programming exercises at the code level. They are not only introduced to the OS concepts and abstractions, but also the implementation. Two design projects are integrated throughout the book that they'll be able to follow to get them into the code. Self-assessment and review material is presented at the end of each chapter to reinforce concepts. These features help to make this an excellent resource for programmers to gain invaluable experience."--

Inhalt

1 Introduction. 1.1 Operating Systems.

1.2 A Brief History of Operating Systems.

1.3 A Simple OS.

1.4 Beyond a Simple OS.

1.5 Conclusions.

1.6 Exercises.

1.7 References.

2 Multithreaded Programming.

2.1 Why Threads?

2.2 Programming with Threads.

2.3 Conclusions.

2.4 Exercises.

2.5 References.

3 Basic Concepts.

3.1 Context Switching.

3.2 Input/Output Architectures.

3.3 Dynamic Storage Allocation.

3.4 Linking and Loading.

3.5 Booting.

3.6 Conclusions.

3.7 Exercises.

3.8 References.

4 Operating-System Design.

4.1 A Simple System.

4.2 Rethinking Operating-System Structure.

4.3 Conclusions.

4.4 Exercises.

4.5 References.

5 Processor Management.

5.1 Threads Implementations.

5.2 Interrupts.

5.3 Scheduling.

5.4 Conclusions.

5.5 Exercises.

5.6 References.

6 File Systems.

6.1 The Basics of File Systems.

6.2 Crash Resiliency.

6.3 Directories and Naming.

6.4 Multiple Disks.

6.5 Flash Memory.

6.6 Case Studies.

6.7 Conclusions.

6.8 Exercises.

6.9 References.

7 Memory Management.

7.1 Memory Management in the Early Days.

7.2 Hardware Support for Virtual Memory.

7.3 Operating-System Issues.

7.4 Conclusions.

7.5 Exercises.

7.6 References.

8 Security.

8.1 Security Goals.

8.2 Security Architectures.

8.3 Conclusions.

8.4 Exercises.

8.5 References.

9 Introduction to Networking.

9.1 Network Basics.

9.2 Remote Procedure Call Protocols.

9.3 Conclusions.

9.4 Exercises.

9.5 References.

10 Distributed File Systems.

10.1 The Basics.

10.2 NFS Version 2.

10.3 Common Internet File System (CIFS).

10.4 DFS.

10.5 NFS Version 4.

10.6 Conclusions.

10.7 Exercises.

10.8 References.

Appendix URL Index.

Glossary.

Index.