UNIX operating system design

Author: (USA) Bach
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: This book is based on the UNIX system and comprehensively introduces the internal data structures and algorithms of its operating system kernel, including basic content, file system, process scheduling, and storage management. On this basis, it discusses advanced issues of the UNIX system, such as driver interfaces, inter-process communication, and networking. It is the preferred reference for researchers and practical program developers working on UNIX systems. Based on the UNIX system V, this book comprehensively and systematically introduces the internal data structures and algorithms of the UNIX operating system kernel. The book first provides a brief introduction to the system kernel structure, then describes the file system, process scheduling, and storage management in chapters, and on this basis, discusses advanced issues of the UNIX system, such as driver interfaces, inter-process communication, and networking. This book can serve as a textbook or reference book for senior undergraduate and graduate students in computer science departments of universities, and also provides an extremely valuable reference for researchers and practical program developers working on UNIX systems.