《操作系统概念》讨论了操作系统中的基本概念和算法，并对大量实例(如Linux系统)进行了研究。《操作系统概念》内容共分七部分。第一部分概要解释了操作系统是什么、做什么、是怎样设计与构造的，也解释了操作系统概念是如何发展起来的，操作系统的公共特性是什么。第二部分进程管理描述了作为现代操作系统核心的进程以及并发的概念。(The Operating System Concepts discusses the basic concepts and algorithms in operating systems and explores a large number of examples, such as Linux. The "operating system concept" is divided into seven parts. The first section provides an overview of what operating systems are, what they do, how they are designed and built, and how operating system concepts have evolved and what are the common characteristics of operating systems. The second part of the process management describes the process as the core of modern operating systems and concurrency concepts.)