This edition of the book involves extensive revision by way of restructured and rewritten content. Elaborate chapter overviews and introductions have been added in order to improve the effectiveness of the content and to make it more user friendly. Chapters and sections have been rewritten to improve their presentation and flow. Like the previous edition, the major emphasis of this edition too is on the fact that the study of operating systems must be based on a sound understanding of the concepts. Key Features : Clear exposition of the fundamental concepts. Excellent coverage of Process synchronization, Distributed operating systems, Multiprocessor operating systems. Modeled as per the IEEE and ACM curricula for the course on Operating Systems. Student friendly language with clear cut definitions of the terms and concepts. Excellent use of UNIX and Windows 2000 to demonstrate concepts learnt at the end of each chapter. Pedagogical features : 144 solved examples 347 exercise problems 352 Figures & 130 Tables for better understanding of the concepts. Entirely re-worked and restructured chapters on the following topics: File Systems Scheduling Process Synchronization Protection Schematic diagrams have been added to introduce the design of operating system components in a graded manner. Summary of important concepts, features and techniques in tabular form. Elaborate chapter overviews and introductions.

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PART I : FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS 1 Introduction 2 Overview of Operating Systems 3 Processes and Threads 4 Scheduling 5 Memory Management 6 Virtual Memory 7 File Systems 8 Security and Protection PART II : ADVANCED TOPICS 9 Process Synchronization 10 Message Passing 11 Deadlocks 12 Implementation of File Operations 13 Synchronization and Scheduling in Multiprocessor Operating Systems 14 Structure of Operating Systems PART III : DISTRIBUTED OPERATING SYSTEMS 15 Distributed Systems 16 Theoretical Issues in Distributed Systems 17 Distributed Control Algorithms 18 Recovery and Fault Tolerance 19 Distributed File Systems 20 Distributed System Security