Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective

Computer systems: A Programmer’s Perspective explains the underlying elements common among all computer systems and how they affect general application performance. Written from the programmer’s perspective, this book strives to teach students how understanding basic elements of computer systems and executing real practice can lead them to create better programs.--Publisher's website. G1. A Tour of Computer Systems -- Part I. Program Structure and Execution : -- 2. Representing and Manipulating Information -- 3. Machine-Level Representation of Programs -- 4. Processor Architecture -- 5. Optimizing Program Performance -- 6. The Memory Hierarchy -- Part II. Running Programs on a System : -- 7. Linking -- 8. Exceptional Control Flow -- 9. Virtual Memory -- Part III. Interaction and Communication Between Programs : -- 10. System-Level I/O -- 11. Network Programming -- 12. Concurrent Programming -- Appendix. Error Handling -- References -- Index. Randal E. Bryant, Carnegie Mellon University, David R. O'Hallaron, Carnegie Mellon. University. Includes bibliographical references and index.