操作系统在计算机系统中占据重要的地位，是计算机系统的核心和灵魂，是构建在计算机硬件之上的第一层软件，也是基础软件运行平台的主要成分。由美国斯托林斯写著、蒲晓蓉和周瑞改编的《操作系统--精髓与设计原理(第7版英文版)/国外计算机科学教材系列》是讲解操作系统的经典教材，不仅系统地讲述了操作系统的基本概念、原理和方法，而且以当代最流行的操作系统Windows7UNIX和ljnux为例，全面清楚地展现了当代操作系统的本质和特点。为适应本科教学，对原书内容进行了删减，去掉了关于计算机系统概述、嵌入式系统、计算机安全、分布式系统等几个部分。

本书既注重对操作系统经典知识的讲解，又紧密结合当代最新的操作系统发展趋势，可作为大学计算机专业学生的教材和参考书，也可供从事计算机专业研究方向的专业技术人员参考。

Chapter 1 Operating System Overview

1.1 Operating System Objectives and Functions  

1.2 The Evolution ofOperating Systems

1.3 Major Achievements

1.4 Developments Leading to Modern Operating Systems

1.5 Virtual Machines

1.6 OS Design Considerations for Multiprocessor and Multicore

1.7 Microsoft Windows Overview

1.8 Traditional UNIX Systems

1.9 Modern UNⅨSystems

1.10 Linux  

1.11 LinuxVServerVi~ualMachineArchitecture 

1.12 RecommendedReading andWeb Sites

1.13 Key Terms．Review Questions．and Problems

Chapter 2 Process Description and Contr01

2.1 WhatIs a Process?

2.2 Process States

2.3 Process Description

2.4 Process Control

2.5 Execution ofthe Operating System  

2.6 Security Issues

2.7 UNⅨSVR4 Process Management

2.8 Summary

2.9 Recommended Reading

2.10 Key Terms．Review Questions．and Problems

Chapter 3 Threads

3.1 Processes and Threads

3.2 Types of Threads

3.3 Multicore and Multithreading

3.4 Windows 7 Thread and SMP Management

3.5 Solaris Thread and SMP Management  

3.6 Linux Process and Thread Management

3.7 Mac OS X Grand Central Dispatch 

 3.8 Summary  

3.9 Recommended Reading

3.10 Key Terms,Review Questions,and Problems

Chapter 4 Concurrency：Mutual Exclu-sion and Synehronizalion

4.1 Principles of Concurrency

4.2 Mutual Exclusion：Hardware Support

4.3 Semaphores

4.4 Monitors

4.5 Message Passing

4.6 Readers/Writers Problem

4.7 Summary

4.8 Recommended Reading

4.9 Key Terms，Review Quesfions，and Problems

Chapter 5 Concurrency：Deadlock and Starvation

5.1 Principles of Deadlock

5.2 Deadlock Prevention

5.3 Deadlock Avoidance

5.4 Deadlock Detection

5.5 An Integrated Deadlock Strategy

5 6 Dining Philosophers Problem

5 7 UNⅨConcurrencyMechanisms

5.8 Linux Kernel Concurrency Mechanisms

5.9 Solaris Thread Synchronization Primitives

5.10 Windows 7 Concurrency Mechanisms

5.11 Summary

5.12 RecommendedReading

5.13 Key Terms，Review Questions，and Problems

Chapter 6 Memory Management

6.1 Memory Management Requirements

6.2 Memory Partitioning

6.3 Paging 

6.4 Segmentation

6.5 Security Issues

6.6 Summary 

6.7 Recommended Reading

6.8 Key Terms，Review Questions，and Problems

Chapter 7 Virtual Memory

7.1 Hardware and Control Structures

7.2 Operating System Software

7.3 UNⅨand Solaris Memory Management 

7.4 Linux Memory Management

7.5 Windows Memory Management 

7.6 Summary

7 7 Recommended Reading and Web Sites

7.8 Key Terms，Review Questions，and Problems

Chapter 8 Uniprocessor Schedufing

8.1 Types of Processor Scheduling

8.2 Scheduling Algorithms 

8.3 Traditional UNIX Scheduling

8.4 Summary

8.5 Recommended Reading

8.6 Key Terms,Review Questions，and Problems

Chapter 9 Multiprocessor and Real-Time Scheduling

9.1 Multiprocessor Scheduling

9.2 Real—Time Scheduling

9.3 Linux Scheduling

9.4 UNIX SVR4 Scheduling

9.5 UNIX FreeBSD Scheduling

9.6 Windows Scheduhng

9.7 Linux Virtual Machine Process Scheduling

9.8 Summary

9.9 Recommended Reading

9.10 Key Terms．Review Questions，and Problems

Chapter 10 I／0 Management and Disk Scheduling

10.1 I/O Devices

10.2 Organization ofthe I／O Function

lO.3 Operating System Design Issues

10.4 I/O Buffering  

10.5 Disk Scheduling

10.6 RAID

10.7 Disk Cache

10.8 UNIX SVR4I／O

10.9 Linux I／O

10.10WindowsI／O

10.ll Summary 

10.12 Recommended Reading

10.13 Key Terms，Review Questions，and Problems 

Chapter 11 File Management

11.1 Overview

11.2 File Organization and Access

11.3 B-Trees

11.4 File Directories

11.5 File Sharing

1l.6 RecordBlocking

Il.7 Secondary Storage Management

11.8 File System Security

1l.9 UNIX File Management

11.10 Linux Virtual File System

11.11 Windows File System

ll.12 Summary 

1l.13 Recommended Reading

11.14 Key Terms，Review Questions，and Problems

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