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　　Part 1 Operating Systems Overview and Background
　　Chapter 1
　　Getting Started
　　1.1 Introduction
　　1.2 What Are Operating Systems All about?
　　1.3 User veusus System View of an OS
　　1.4 Some OS Terms. Basic Concepts， and Illustrations
　　1.5 A Small Historical Diversion
　　1.6 Summary
　　
　　Chapter 2
　　Operating System Concepts， Components and Architectures
　　2.1 Introduction：What Does the OS DSs
　　2.2 Resources Managed by the OS and Major OS Modules
　　2.3 The Process Concept and OS Process Information
　　2.4 Functional Classes of OSs
　　2.5 Architectural Approaches to Building an OS
　　2.6 Some OS Implement Techniques and Issues
　　2.7 Minimalist versus Maximalist Approaches to OS Functionality and Back ward Compatibility
　　2.8 Summary
　　Part 2
　　Building Operating Systems Incrementally：A Breadth-Oriented Spiral Approach
　　
　　Chapter 3
　　A Simple，Single-Process Operating System
　　3.1 Introduction：Monitors and CP
　　3.2 Characteristics of a Simple PC System
　　3.3 Input Output Management
　　3.4 Disk Management and the File System
　　3.5 Process and Memory Manage me
　　3.6 Summary
　　
　　Chapter 4
　　A Single-User Multitasking
　　Operating System
　　4.1 Introduction：A Simple Multitasking System
　　4.2 The Palm OS Environment and System Layout
　　4.3 Process Scheduling and System Layout
　　4.6 Basic Input and Output
　　4.7 Display Management
　　4.8 Event-Driven Programs
　　4.9 Summary
　　
　　Chapter 5
　　A Single-User Multitasking/Multithreading Operating System
　　5.1 Introduction 89
　　5.2 The Origin of the Macintosh Computer
　　5.3 The Macintosh OS——System
　　5.4 System2
　　5.5 System3
　　5.6 System4
　　5.7 System5
　　5.8 System6
　　5.9 System7
　　5.10 System8
　　5.11 System9
　　5.12 Mac OS X
　　5.13 Summary
　　
　　Chapter 6
　　A Multiple-User Operating System
　　6.1 Introduction
　　6.2 The Multiuser OS Envtronment
　　6.3 Processes and Threads
　　6.4 Summary
　　
　　Chapter 7
　　Parallel and Distributed Computing， Clusters， and Grids
　　7.1 Introduction
　　7.2 Key Concepts
　　7.3 Parallel Distributed Processing
　　7.4 Distributed System Architectures
　　7.5 How Operating System Concepts Differ in SMPs， Cluster， and Grids
　　7.6 Examples
　　7.7 Summary
　　Part 3
　　CPU and Memory Management
　　
　　Chapter 8
　　Process Management: Concepts， Threads， and Scheduling
　　8.1 Introduction to Processes
　　8.2 Process Descriptor－Processes Control Block
　　8.3 Process States and
　　8.4 Process Scheduling
　　8.8 0ne Good Process Deserves Another
　　8.6 Threads
　　8.7 Case Studies
　　8.7 Summary
　　
　　Chapter 9
　　Mere Process Management : Interprocess Communication， Synchronization， and Deadlocks
　　9.1 Why Have Cooperating Processes?
　　9.2 Interprocess Communication
　　9.3 Synchronization
　　9.4 Deadlocks
　　9.5 Summary
　　
　　Chapter 10
　　Basic Memory Management
　　10.1 Introduction: Why Manage Primary Memory?
　　10.2 Binding Model: Steps in Development Cycle
　　10.3 A Single Process
　　10.4 Multiple Processes with a Fixed Number of Processes
　　10.5 Multiple Processes with a Variable Number of Processes
　　10.6 Summary
　　
　　Chapter 11
　　Advanced Memory Management
　　11.1 Why Do We Need Hardware Help?
　　11.2 Paging
　　11.3 Segmentation
　　11.4 Segmentation with Paging
　　11.5 Demand Paging
　　11.6 Special Memory Management Topics
　　11.7 Summary
　　Part 4
　　A Depth-Oriented Presentation of OS
　　Concepts: Files Systems and Input/Output
　　
　　Chapter 12
　　12.1 Introduction
　　12.2 Directories
　　12.3 Access Methods
　　12.4 Frees pace Tracking
　　12.5 File Allocation
　　12.6 Summary
　　
　　Chapter 13
　　File Systems-Examples and Mom Features
　　13.1 Introduction
　　13.2 Case Studies
　　13.3 Mounting
　　13.4 Multiple Pile Systems and Redirection
　　13.5 Memory Mapped Files
　　13.6 Pile System Utilities
　　13.7 Log-Based File Systems
　　13.8 Summary
　　
　　Chapter 14
　　Disk Scheduling and input/Output Management
　　14.1 Introduction
　　14.2 Device Characteristies
　　14.3 I/O Technology
　　14.4 Physical Disk Organization
　　14.5 Logical Disk Organization
　　14.6 RAID 309
　　14.7 Disk Operation Scheduling
　　14.8 DMA and Disk Hardware Features
　　14.9 Summary
　　Part 5
　　Networks， Distributed Systems， and Security
　　
　　Chapter 15
　　Introduction to Computer Networks
　　15.1 Why Do We Want to Network Computers?
　　15.2 The Basics
　　15.3 Spplication Layer Protocols
　　15.4 TCP/IP
　　15.5 The Data Link Layer
　　15.6 WANs
　　15.7 The Physical Layer
　　15.8 Network Management
　　15.9 Summary
　　
　　Chapter 16
　　16.1 Introduction: Problems and Threats
　　16.2 OS Protection
　　16.3 Policies，Mechanisms ， and Techniques
　　16.4 Communication Security
　　16.8 Security Administration
　　16.6 Summary
　　
　　Chapter 17
　　Distributed Operating Systems
　　17.1 Introduction
　　17.2 Distributed Application Models
　　17.3 Abstractions：Processes， Threads， and Machines
　　17.4 Naming
　　17.8 Other Distributed Models
　　17.6 Synchronization
　　17.7 Fault Tolerance
　　17.8 Summary
　　Part 6
　　Case Studies
　　
　　Chapter 18
　　Windows NT through Vista
　　18.1 Introduction：Windows NT Family History
　　18.2 The User OS Environment
　　18.3 Process Scheduling
　　18.4MemoryManngelaent
　　18.5 File Support
　　18.6 Basic Input and Output
　　18.7 GUI Programming
　　18.8 Networking
　　18.9 Symmetric Multiprocessing
　　18.10 Startup Speed of XP
　　18.11 Summary
　　
　　Chapter 19
　　Linux：A Case Study
　　19.1 Introduction
　　19.2 Process Scheduling
　　19.3 Memory Management
　　19.4 File Support
　　19.5 Basic Input and Output
　　19.6 GUI Programming
　　19.7 Networking
　　19.8 Security
　　19.9 Symmetric Multiprocessing
　　19.10 Other Linux Variants
　　19.11 Summary
　　
　　Chapter 20
　　Palm OS：A Class Case Study
　　20.1 Overview
　　20.2 The Multi-Process OS Environment
　　20.3 Palm Process Scheduling
　　20.4 Palm Memory Management
　　20.5 File Support
　　20.6 Input／Output Subsystems
　　20.7 GUI Programming
　　20.8 Network Programming
　　20.9 Programming Environment
　　20.10 Similar Systems and Current Developments
　　20.11 Summary
　　Appendix
　　Overview of Computer System and Architecture Concepts
　　A.1 Typical Computer System Components
　　A.2 The Processor or Central Processing unit
　　A.3 The Memory Unit and Storage Hierarchies
　　A.4 Input and Output
　　A.5 The Network
　　A.6 A More Detailed Picture
　　A.7 Summary