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Understanding operating systems / Ida M. Flynn, Ann McIver McHoes.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Pacific Grove, CA : Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning, 2001.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xviii 462 p. : ill.; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0534376665
ISSN:
  • 9780534376666
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QA76.76.O63 .F598
Contents:
Part 1 Operating Systems Theory 1 -- Operating System Software 3 -- Machine Hardware 6 -- Types of Operating Systems 8 -- Brief History of Operating Systems Development 9 -- Chapter 2 Memory Management, Early Systems 18 -- Single-User Contiguous Scheme 19 -- Fixed Partitions 20 -- Dynamic Partitions 22 -- Best-Fit versus First-Fit Allocation 24 -- Deallocation 29 -- Case 1 Joining Two Free Blocks 30 -- Case 2 Joining Three Free Blocks 31 -- Case 3 Deallocating an Isolated Block 31 -- Relocatable Dynamic Partitions 33 -- Chapter 3 Memory Management, Recent Systems 45 -- Paged Memory Allocation 46 -- Demand Paging 52 -- Page Replacement Policies and Concepts 57 -- First-In, First-Out 57 -- Least Recently Used 59 -- Mechanics of Paging 60 -- Working Set 62 -- Segmented Memory Allocation 64 -- Segmented/Demand Paged Memory Allocation 67 -- Virtual Memory 69 -- Chapter 4 Processor Management 77 -- Job Scheduling Versus Process Scheduling 79 -- Process Scheduler 80 -- Job and Process Status 81 -- Process Control Blocks 82 -- PCBs and Queuing 84 -- Process Scheduling Policies 85 -- Process Scheduling Algorithms 86 -- First-Come, First-Served 86 -- Shortest Job Next 88 -- Priority Scheduling 89 -- Shortest Remaining Time 90 -- Round Robin 92 -- Multiple-Level Queues 94 -- Cache Memory 96 -- A Word about Interrupts 97 -- Chapter 5 Process Management 103 -- Deadlock 104 -- Seven Cases of Deadlock 104 -- Conditions for Deadlock 111 -- Modeling Deadlocks 112 -- Strategies for Handling Deadlocks 115 -- Starvation 122 -- Chapter 6 Concurrent Processes 129 -- What Is Parallel Processing? 130 -- Typical Multiprocessing Configurations 131 -- Master/Slave Configuration 131 -- Loosely Coupled Configuration 132 -- Symmetric Configuration 133 -- Process Synchronization Software 134 -- Test-and-Set 135 -- Wait and Signal 136 -- Semaphores 136 -- Process Cooperation 138 -- Producers and Consumers 138 -- Readers and Writers 140 -- Concurrent Programming 141 -- Applications of Concurrent Programming 142 -- Ada 144 -- Chapter 7 Device Management 150 -- System Devices 151 -- Sequential Access Storage Media 151 -- Direct Access Storage Devices 154 -- Fixed-Head DASDs 155 -- Movable-Head DASDs 155 -- Optical Disc Storage 157 -- Access Time Required 159 -- Components of the I/O Subsystem 162 -- Communication among Devices 165 -- Management of I/O Requests 168 -- Device Handler Seek Strategies 169 -- Search Strategies: Rotational Ordering 172 -- RAID 174 -- Chapter 8 File Management 181 -- File Manager 181 -- Responsibilities of the File Manager 182 -- Interacting with the File Manager 183 -- Typical Volume Configuration 184 -- About Subdirectories 185 -- File-Naming Conventions 187 -- File Organization 189 -- Record Format 189 -- Physical File Organization 190 -- Physical Storage Allocation 192 -- Contiguous Storage 192 -- Noncontiguous Storage 194 -- Indexed Storage 195 -- Data Compression 197 -- Access Methods 197 -- Sequential Access 198 -- Direct Access 199 -- Levels in a File Management System 200 -- Access Control Verification Module 202 -- Access Control Matrix 202 -- Access Control Lists 203 -- Capability Lists 204 -- Lockwords 204 -- Chapter 9 Network Organization Concepts 208 -- Network Topologies 210 -- Star 211 -- Ring 212 -- Bus 213 -- Tree 214 -- Hybrid 215 -- Network Types 216 -- Local Area Network 216 -- Metropolitan Area Network 216 -- Wide Area Network 217 -- Software Design Issues 217 -- Addressing Conventions 217 -- Routing Strategies 218 -- Connection Models 220 -- Conflict Resolution 223 -- Transport Protocol Standards 226 -- OSI Reference Model 227 -- TCP/IP Model 230 -- Chapter 10 Management of Network Functions 235 -- History 236 -- Comparison of Network and Distributed Operating Systems 236 -- DO/S Development 239 -- Memory Management 239 -- Process Management 240 -- Device Management 245 -- File Management 247 -- Network Management 250 -- NOS Development 252 -- Important NOS Features 253 -- Major NOS Functions 254 -- Chapter 11 System Management 258 -- Evaluating an Operating System 258 -- Operating System's Components 259 -- System Security 262 -- Levels of Protection 262 -- Managing Systems 263 -- Security Breaches 265 -- System Assaults: Computer Viruses 266 -- Network and Internet Assaults 268 -- Ethics 268 -- Measuring System Performance 270 -- Measurement Tools 270 -- Feedback Loops 273 -- Monitoring 274 -- Accounting 274 -- Part 2 Operating Systems in Practice 279 -- Chapter 12 MS-DOS Operating System 281 -- History 282 -- Design Goals 282 -- Memory Management 285 -- Main Memory Allocation 286 -- Memory Block Allocation 287 -- Processor Management 288 -- Process Management 288 -- Interrupt Handlers 289 -- Device Management 290 -- File Management 291 -- File Name Conventions 292 -- Managing Files 293 -- User Interface 296 -- Batch Files 297 -- Redirection 298 -- Filters 298 -- Pipes 299 -- Additional Commands 299 -- Chapter 13 Windows 2000 Operating System 302 -- History 302 -- Design Goals 305 -- Extensibility 305 -- Portability 306 -- Reliability 306 -- Compatibility 307 -- Performance 308 -- Memory Management 308 -- User-Mode Features 308 -- Virtual Memory Implementation 309 -- Processor Management 311 -- Device Management 314 -- File Management 320 -- Network Management 323 -- Microsoft Networks 323 -- Directory Services 325 -- Security Management 325 -- Security Terminology 327 -- User Interface 328 -- Chapter 14 UNIX Operating System 333 -- History 334 -- UNIX System V 336 -- A World about Linux 336 -- Design Goals 337 -- Memory Management 338 -- Processor Management 341 -- Process Table versus User Table 342 -- Synchronization 344 -- fork, wait, and exec 344 -- Device Management 348 -- Device Drivers 348 -- Device Classifications 348 -- File Management 350 -- File Names 352 -- File Directories 353 -- Data Structures for Accessing Files 354 -- User Interface 357 -- Chapter 15 OpenVMS Alpha Operating System 366 -- History 367 -- Design Goals 369 -- Memory Management 370 -- Pager 371 -- Swapper 372 -- Processor Management 373 -- Process Scheduler 373 -- Rescheduler 376 -- Device Management 376 -- File Management 378 -- User Interface 381 -- Command Procedure Files 382 -- Redirection 382 -- Additional Commands 384 -- Chapter 16 OS/390 Operating System 387 -- History 388 -- Design Goals 390 -- Memory Management 391 -- Virtual Storage Management 393 -- Organization of Storage 397 -- Processor Management 398 -- Task Management 399 -- Program Management 400 -- Device Management 400 -- DASD Space Management 400 -- I/O Supervisor 401 -- IOS Driver 403 -- Virtual I/O 403 -- File Management 403 -- Catalog Management 404 -- I/O Support 405 -- Access Methods 405 -- Space Allocation 408 -- Security Management 409 -- User Interface 409 -- JCL Introduction 410 --
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Includes index

Part 1 Operating Systems Theory 1 --
Operating System Software 3 --
Machine Hardware 6 --
Types of Operating Systems 8 --
Brief History of Operating Systems Development 9 --
Chapter 2 Memory Management, Early Systems 18 --
Single-User Contiguous Scheme 19 --
Fixed Partitions 20 --
Dynamic Partitions 22 --
Best-Fit versus First-Fit Allocation 24 --
Deallocation 29 --
Case 1 Joining Two Free Blocks 30 --
Case 2 Joining Three Free Blocks 31 --
Case 3 Deallocating an Isolated Block 31 --
Relocatable Dynamic Partitions 33 --
Chapter 3 Memory Management, Recent Systems 45 --
Paged Memory Allocation 46 --
Demand Paging 52 --
Page Replacement Policies and Concepts 57 --
First-In, First-Out 57 --
Least Recently Used 59 --
Mechanics of Paging 60 --
Working Set 62 --
Segmented Memory Allocation 64 --
Segmented/Demand Paged Memory Allocation 67 --
Virtual Memory 69 --
Chapter 4 Processor Management 77 --
Job Scheduling Versus Process Scheduling 79 --
Process Scheduler 80 --
Job and Process Status 81 --
Process Control Blocks 82 --
PCBs and Queuing 84 --
Process Scheduling Policies 85 --
Process Scheduling Algorithms 86 --
First-Come, First-Served 86 --
Shortest Job Next 88 --
Priority Scheduling 89 --
Shortest Remaining Time 90 --
Round Robin 92 --
Multiple-Level Queues 94 --
Cache Memory 96 --
A Word about Interrupts 97 --
Chapter 5 Process Management 103 --
Deadlock 104 --
Seven Cases of Deadlock 104 --
Conditions for Deadlock 111 --
Modeling Deadlocks 112 --
Strategies for Handling Deadlocks 115 --
Starvation 122 --
Chapter 6 Concurrent Processes 129 --
What Is Parallel Processing? 130 --
Typical Multiprocessing Configurations 131 --
Master/Slave Configuration 131 --
Loosely Coupled Configuration 132 --
Symmetric Configuration 133 --
Process Synchronization Software 134 --
Test-and-Set 135 --
Wait and Signal 136 --
Semaphores 136 --
Process Cooperation 138 --
Producers and Consumers 138 --
Readers and Writers 140 --
Concurrent Programming 141 --
Applications of Concurrent Programming 142 --
Ada 144 --
Chapter 7 Device Management 150 --
System Devices 151 --
Sequential Access Storage Media 151 --
Direct Access Storage Devices 154 --
Fixed-Head DASDs 155 --
Movable-Head DASDs 155 --
Optical Disc Storage 157 --
Access Time Required 159 --
Components of the I/O Subsystem 162 --
Communication among Devices 165 --
Management of I/O Requests 168 --
Device Handler Seek Strategies 169 --
Search Strategies: Rotational Ordering 172 --
RAID 174 --
Chapter 8 File Management 181 --
File Manager 181 --
Responsibilities of the File Manager 182 --
Interacting with the File Manager 183 --
Typical Volume Configuration 184 --
About Subdirectories 185 --
File-Naming Conventions 187 --
File Organization 189 --
Record Format 189 --
Physical File Organization 190 --
Physical Storage Allocation 192 --
Contiguous Storage 192 --
Noncontiguous Storage 194 --
Indexed Storage 195 --
Data Compression 197 --
Access Methods 197 --
Sequential Access 198 --
Direct Access 199 --
Levels in a File Management System 200 --
Access Control Verification Module 202 --
Access Control Matrix 202 --
Access Control Lists 203 --
Capability Lists 204 --
Lockwords 204 --
Chapter 9 Network Organization Concepts 208 --
Network Topologies 210 --
Star 211 --
Ring 212 --
Bus 213 --
Tree 214 --
Hybrid 215 --
Network Types 216 --
Local Area Network 216 --
Metropolitan Area Network 216 --
Wide Area Network 217 --
Software Design Issues 217 --
Addressing Conventions 217 --
Routing Strategies 218 --
Connection Models 220 --
Conflict Resolution 223 --
Transport Protocol Standards 226 --
OSI Reference Model 227 --
TCP/IP Model 230 --
Chapter 10 Management of Network Functions 235 --
History 236 --
Comparison of Network and Distributed Operating Systems 236 --
DO/S Development 239 --
Memory Management 239 --
Process Management 240 --
Device Management 245 --
File Management 247 --
Network Management 250 --
NOS Development 252 --
Important NOS Features 253 --
Major NOS Functions 254 --
Chapter 11 System Management 258 --
Evaluating an Operating System 258 --
Operating System's Components 259 --
System Security 262 --
Levels of Protection 262 --
Managing Systems 263 --
Security Breaches 265 --
System Assaults: Computer Viruses 266 --
Network and Internet Assaults 268 --
Ethics 268 --
Measuring System Performance 270 --
Measurement Tools 270 --
Feedback Loops 273 --
Monitoring 274 --
Accounting 274 --
Part 2 Operating Systems in Practice 279 --
Chapter 12 MS-DOS Operating System 281 --
History 282 --
Design Goals 282 --
Memory Management 285 --
Main Memory Allocation 286 --
Memory Block Allocation 287 --
Processor Management 288 --
Process Management 288 --
Interrupt Handlers 289 --
Device Management 290 --
File Management 291 --
File Name Conventions 292 --
Managing Files 293 --
User Interface 296 --
Batch Files 297 --
Redirection 298 --
Filters 298 --
Pipes 299 --
Additional Commands 299 --
Chapter 13 Windows 2000 Operating System 302 --
History 302 --
Design Goals 305 --
Extensibility 305 --
Portability 306 --
Reliability 306 --
Compatibility 307 --
Performance 308 --
Memory Management 308 --
User-Mode Features 308 --
Virtual Memory Implementation 309 --
Processor Management 311 --
Device Management 314 --
File Management 320 --
Network Management 323 --
Microsoft Networks 323 --
Directory Services 325 --
Security Management 325 --
Security Terminology 327 --
User Interface 328 --
Chapter 14 UNIX Operating System 333 --
History 334 --
UNIX System V 336 --
A World about Linux 336 --
Design Goals 337 --
Memory Management 338 --
Processor Management 341 --
Process Table versus User Table 342 --
Synchronization 344 --
fork, wait, and exec 344 --
Device Management 348 --
Device Drivers 348 --
Device Classifications 348 --
File Management 350 --
File Names 352 --
File Directories 353 --
Data Structures for Accessing Files 354 --
User Interface 357 --
Chapter 15 OpenVMS Alpha Operating System 366 --
History 367 --
Design Goals 369 --
Memory Management 370 --
Pager 371 --
Swapper 372 --
Processor Management 373 --
Process Scheduler 373 --
Rescheduler 376 --
Device Management 376 --
File Management 378 --
User Interface 381 --
Command Procedure Files 382 --
Redirection 382 --
Additional Commands 384 --
Chapter 16 OS/390 Operating System 387 --
History 388 --
Design Goals 390 --
Memory Management 391 --
Virtual Storage Management 393 --
Organization of Storage 397 --
Processor Management 398 --
Task Management 399 --
Program Management 400 --
Device Management 400 --
DASD Space Management 400 --
I/O Supervisor 401 --
IOS Driver 403 --
Virtual I/O 403 --
File Management 403 --
Catalog Management 404 --
I/O Support 405 --
Access Methods 405 --
Space Allocation 408 --
Security Management 409 --
User Interface 409 --
JCL Introduction 410 --

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