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Understanding Operating Systems 7th Edition Solutions

Understanding Operating Systems, 7th Edition

Understanding Operating Systems

Published: © 2014

Print ISBN: 9781285096551

Pages: 608

Available

Now in its Seventh Edition, UNDERSTANDING OPERATING SYSTEMS continues to provide a clear and straightforward explanation of operating system theory and practice. As in previous editions, the book's highly regarded structure begins with a discussion of fundamentals before moving on to specific operating systems. Fully updated, this new edition includes expanded analysis of the impact on operating systems of such… More

For Instructors

For Students

  • Table of Contents

  • New to this edition

  • Features

  • About the author(s)

Introductory Chapter.
Part I: OPERATING SYSTEMS CONCEPTS.
1. Introducing Operating Systems.
2. Memory Management: Simple Systems.
3. Memory Management: Virtual Memory Systems.
4. Processor Management.
5. Process Management.
6. Concurrent Processes.
7. Device Management.
8. File Management.
9. Network Organization Concepts.
10. Management of Network Functions.
11. Security and Ethics.
12. System Management.
Part II: OPERATING SYSTEMS IN PRACTICE.
13. UNIX Operating Systems.
14. Windows Operating Systems.
15. Linux Operating Systems.
16. Android Operating System.
Appendix A: Algorithms.
Appendix B: ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.

  • A brand-new chapter on Android operating systems discusses the unique challenges posed when running mobile devices.
  • Spotlight on 16 industry innovators (one per chapter) and how their accomplishments have furthered the field of computer science add a human perspective to the technical content.
  • Exercises throughout the text have been expanded and updated, and now focus more on relating the content to the student's real-world experience.
  • Additional coverage of graphic passwords appears in Part I and is discussed in more detail in the Windows and Android chapters in Part 2; both of these operating systems have made this feature readily accessible to everyone.
  • A classic Computer Science textbook that is fully up to date with current technology and contemporary operating system theory.
  • Covers the fundamentals of operating systems: what they are, what they do, how they function, how they can be evaluated, and how they compare with one another.
  • Technical topics are discussed in everyday language, allowing students to grasp such complexities as standalone vs. networked computing systems.
  • A discussion of specific operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and UNIX as well as Android and iOS, illustrates for students how operating system theory is put into practice.
  • Thorough revisions in every chapter cover the latest technologies.

Ann McHoes

Ann McIver McHoes has been writing about computers for 25 years. She co-authored, with the late Ida M. Flynn, the first four editions of Understanding Operating Systems and is now sole author of this classic textbook, which has received awards for excellence from the Text and Academic Authors Association. She teaches at Duquesne University and has also taught business and computer science classes at Chatham University and Carlow University.

Table of Contents

Introductory Chapter.
Part I: OPERATING SYSTEMS CONCEPTS.
1. Introducing Operating Systems.
2. Memory Management: Simple Systems.
3. Memory Management: Virtual Memory Systems.
4. Processor Management.
5. Process Management.
6. Concurrent Processes.
7. Device Management.
8. File Management.
9. Network Organization Concepts.
10. Management of Network Functions.
11. Security and Ethics.
12. System Management.
Part II: OPERATING SYSTEMS IN PRACTICE.
13. UNIX Operating Systems.
14. Windows Operating Systems.
15. Linux Operating Systems.
16. Android Operating System.
Appendix A: Algorithms.
Appendix B: ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.

New to this edition

  • A brand-new chapter on Android operating systems discusses the unique challenges posed when running mobile devices.
  • Spotlight on 16 industry innovators (one per chapter) and how their accomplishments have furthered the field of computer science add a human perspective to the technical content.
  • Exercises throughout the text have been expanded and updated, and now focus more on relating the content to the student's real-world experience.
  • Additional coverage of graphic passwords appears in Part I and is discussed in more detail in the Windows and Android chapters in Part 2; both of these operating systems have made this feature readily accessible to everyone.

Features

  • A classic Computer Science textbook that is fully up to date with current technology and contemporary operating system theory.
  • Covers the fundamentals of operating systems: what they are, what they do, how they function, how they can be evaluated, and how they compare with one another.
  • Technical topics are discussed in everyday language, allowing students to grasp such complexities as standalone vs. networked computing systems.
  • A discussion of specific operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and UNIX as well as Android and iOS, illustrates for students how operating system theory is put into practice.
  • Thorough revisions in every chapter cover the latest technologies.

About the author(s)

Ann McHoes

Ann McIver McHoes has been writing about computers for 25 years. She co-authored, with the late Ida M. Flynn, the first four editions of Understanding Operating Systems and is now sole author of this classic textbook, which has received awards for excellence from the Text and Academic Authors Association. She teaches at Duquesne University and has also taught business and computer science classes at Chatham University and Carlow University.

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