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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 WHAT IS AN OPERATING SYSTEM? 1.1.1 The Operating System as an Extended Machine 1.1.2 The Operating System as a Resource Manager 1.2 HISTORY OF OPERATING SYSTEMS 1.2.1 The First Generation Vacuum Tubes 1.2.2 The Second Generation Transistors and Batch Systems 1.2.3 The Third Generation ICs and Multiprogramming 1.2.4 The Fourth Generation Personal Computers 1.3
THE OPERATING SYSTEM ZOO 1.3.1 Mainframe Operating Systems 1.3.2 Server Operating Systems 1.3.3 Multiprocessor Operating Systems 1.3.4 Personal Computer Operating Systems 1.3.5 Handheld Computer Operating Systems 1.3.6 Embedded Operating Systems. 1.3.7 Real-Time Operating Systems 1.3.8 Smart Card Operating Systems 1.4
COMPUTER HARDWARE REVIEW 1.4.1 Processors 1.4.2 Memory 1.4.3 Disks 1.4.4 Tapes 1.4.5 I/O Devices 1.4.6 Buses 1.5
OPERATING SYSTEM CONCEPTS 1.5.1 Processes 1.5.2 Address Spaces 1.5.3 Files 1.5.4 Input/Output 1.5.5 Protection 1.5.6 The Shell 1.5.7 Ontogeny Recapitulates Phylogeny 1.6 SYSTEM CALLS 1.6.1 System Calls for Process Management 1.6.2 System Calls for File Management 1.6.3 System Calls for Directory Management 1.6.4 Miscellaneous System Calls 1.6.5 The Windows Win32 API 1.7
OPERATING SYSTEM STRUCTURE 1.7.1 Monolithic Systems 1.7.2 Layered Systems 1.7.3 Microkernels 1.7.4 Client-Server Model 1.7.5 Virtual Machines 1.7.6 Exokernels 1.8
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO C 1.8.1 The C Language 1.8.2 Header Files 1.8.3 Large Programming Projects 1.8.4 The Model of Run Time 1.9
RESEARCH ON OPERATING SYSTEMS 1.10
OUTLINE OF THE REST OF THIS BOOK 1.11 METRIC UNITS 1.12 SUMMARY

CHAPTER 2 PROCESSES AND THREADS 2.1 PROCESSES 2.1.1 The Process Model 2.1.2 Process Creation 2.1.3 Process Termination 2.1.4 Process Hierarchies 2.1.5 Process States 2.1.6 Implementation of Processes 2.1.7 Modeling Multiprogramming 2.2
THREADS 2.2.1 Thread Usage 2.2.2 The Classical Thread Model 2.2.3 POSIX Threads 2.2.4 Implementing Threads in User Space 2.2.5 Implementing Threads in the Kernel 2.2.6 Hybrid Implementation