This best-selling book, now in its fifth edition, provides a solid theoretical foundation for understanding operating systems. Authors Abraham Silberschatz and Peter Galvin discuss key concepts that are applicable to a variety of systems. They also present a large number of examples taken from common operating systems, including Windows and Solaris 2. This book thus teaches general notions in operating systems while giving the teacher and students the flexibility to choose the implementation system. New in this Edition: A section on I/O Systems comprises three chapters on I/O Systems, Secondary-Storage Structure, and Tertiary-Storage Structure. Two case studies illustrate Windows NT and Linux. Chapters on Memory Management, Virtual Memory, Network Structures, and Security have been updated significantly. Online version of the case-study chapter on Mach and of the appendix on the Nachos operating-system project are in place.

This edition of Operating-System Concepts retains the high-quality presentation of previous editions. This book is perfectly suited both for students and for practitioners (such as systems programmers) who want to learn about operating systems. The modern examples serve to reinforce the concepts.