Includes bibliographical references (pages 1031-070) and index

Introduction -- Processes and threads -- Memory management -- File systems -- Input/output -- Deadlocks -- Virtualization and the cloud -- Multiple processor systems -- Security -- Case study 1: Unix, Linux, and Android -- Case study 2: Windows 8 -- Operating system design -- Reading list and bibliography

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