Chapter 1. Introduction.

Chapter 2. Operating-System Structures.

PART TWO: PROCESS MANAGEMENT.

Chapter 3. Processes.

Chapter 4. Threads.

Chapter 5. CPU Scheduling.

Chapter 6. Process Synchronization.

Chapter 7. Deadlocks.

PART THREE: MEMORY MANAGEMENT.

Chapter 8. Main Memory.

Chapter 9. Virtual Memory.

PART FOUR: STORAGE MANAGEMENT.

Chapter 10. File-System Interface.

Chapter 11. File-System Implementation.

Chapter 12. Mass-Storage Structure.

Chapter 13. I/O Systems.

PART FIVE: PROTECTION AND SECURITY.

Chapter 14. Protection.

Chapter 15. Security.

PART SIX: DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS.

Chapter 16. Distributed System Structures.

Chapter 17. Distributed File System.

Chapter 18. Distributed Coordination.

PART SEVEN: SPECIAL PURPOSE SYSTEMS.

 Chapter 19 Real-Time Systems.

Chapter 20. Multimedia Systems.

PART EIGHT: CASE STUDIES.

Chapter 21. The Linux Systems.

Chapter 22. Windows XP.

Chapter 23. Influential Operating Systems.

Appendix A: UNIX BSD (contents online).

Appendix B: The Mach System (contents online).

Appendix C:Windows 2000 (contents online).

Bibliography.

Credits.

Index.