,Operating Systems
A Concept-Based Approach
Dhananjay M. Dhamdhere
Professor of Computer Science & Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
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,OPERATING SYSTEMS: A CONCEPT-BASED APPROACH
Published by McGraw-Hill, a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York,
NY 10020. Copyright © 2009 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be
reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written
consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, in any network or other electronic storage or
transmission, or broadcast for distance learning.
Some ancillaries, including electronic and print components, may not be available to customers outside the United States.
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
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Global Publisher: Raghothaman Srinivasan
Director of Development: Kristine Tibbetts
Freelance Developmental Editor: Melinda Bilecki
Project Coordinator: Melissa M. Leick
Lead Production Supervisor: Sandy Ludovissy
Designer: Laurie B. Janssen
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Dhamdhere, Dhananjay M.
Operating systems : a concept-based approach / Dhananjay M. Dhamdhere. – 1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978–0–07–295769–3 — ISBN 0–07–295769–7 (hard copy : alk. paper) 1. Operating systems
(Computers) I. Title.
QA76.76.O63D5 2009
005.4 3–dc22 2007041510
www.mhhe.com
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, Dedication
•
To my wife Snehalata
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A Concept-Based Approach
Dhananjay M. Dhamdhere
Professor of Computer Science & Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
02-M4363-DAS1.LaTeX: “fm” — 2007/11/29 — 12:31 — page i — #1
,OPERATING SYSTEMS: A CONCEPT-BASED APPROACH
Published by McGraw-Hill, a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York,
NY 10020. Copyright © 2009 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be
reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written
consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, in any network or other electronic storage or
transmission, or broadcast for distance learning.
Some ancillaries, including electronic and print components, may not be available to customers outside the United States.
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 DOC/DOC 0 9 8
ISBN 978–0–07–295769–3
MHID 0–07–295769–7
Global Publisher: Raghothaman Srinivasan
Director of Development: Kristine Tibbetts
Freelance Developmental Editor: Melinda Bilecki
Project Coordinator: Melissa M. Leick
Lead Production Supervisor: Sandy Ludovissy
Designer: Laurie B. Janssen
(USE) Cover Image: S. Solum/PhotoLink/Getty Images, RF
Compositor: Newgen
Typeface: 10/12 Times
Printer: R. R. Donnelley Crawfordsville, IN
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Dhamdhere, Dhananjay M.
Operating systems : a concept-based approach / Dhananjay M. Dhamdhere. – 1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978–0–07–295769–3 — ISBN 0–07–295769–7 (hard copy : alk. paper) 1. Operating systems
(Computers) I. Title.
QA76.76.O63D5 2009
005.4 3–dc22 2007041510
www.mhhe.com
02-M4363-DAS1.LaTeX: “fm” — 2007/11/29 — 12:31 — page ii — #2
, Dedication
•
To my wife Snehalata
02-M4363-DAS1.LaTeX: “fm” — 2007/11/29 — 12:31 — page iii — #3
