Operating System Principles - UNIX Edition (with CD-ROM)

Author: Li Linying, He Minwei
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Publish Date: 2004-11-01
Features: This book is a companion to "Operating System Principles - DOS Edition" (Second Edition). It focuses on principles, with typical examples set against the UNIX background, condensing the content related to MS-DOS into the final chapter. It covers the basic concepts, principles, and implementation techniques of operating systems. The book consists of 9 chapters: Introduction to Operating Systems; UNIX System Composition and Functional Services; Memory Management; Process Management; Device Management; File Management; Job Management; UNIX System Network Application Interface; Implementation of Microcomputer Operating System Functions. Each chapter integrates principles and introduces the kernel, network, and Shell (command interpreter) of the UNIX operating system, enabling readers to learn principles and understand UNIX comprehensively. The book comes with a companion CD-ROM. Additionally, a companion book "Exercises and Laboratory Guide for Operating System Principles - UNIX Edition" is published, which also includes a companion CD-ROM. The target readers of this book are undergraduate students of computer science. The companion CD-ROM is a multimedia teaching CD-ROM for operating systems, featuring various versions of electronic teaching plans (72 hours and 54 hours), web-based teaching plans, audio-visual learning system, OS_Web animation collection, and a personal homepage-style teaching resource folder (providing teaching resources adaptable to the new teaching methods of the information age), as well as an extra-curricular reading folder (which includes some student works using Flash to study OS). The content is rich, lively, and engaging, offering teachers flexibility in selection and combination. The book is suitable for a wide range of audiences, including undergraduate, junior college, adult education, vocational education, and various teaching needs. For a broad group of science and technology professionals engaged in microcomputer application development, it serves as a highly practical and theoretical reference book, also suitable for self-study.