04073cam a2200361 a 4500 1/38443 091005s2005 ne 001 0 eng 9781558609105 1558609105 0080525407 (electronic bk.) 9780080525402 (electronic bk.) 41085 OPELS eng OPELS OKU OCLCQ OSU YDXCP IDEBK NRU E7B N$T EBLCP OCLCQ OCLCF OCLCE GR-PeUP Smith, James E. (James Edward), 1950- Virtual machines : versatile platforms for systems and processes / James E. Smith, Ravi Nair. Amsterdam ; Boston : Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2005. 1 online resource (xxii, 638 p.) : ill. Διαθέσιμο και σε ηλεκτρονικό βιβλίο, τρόπος πρόσβασης μέσω διαδικτύου. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction to virtual machines -- Emulation : interpretation and binary translation -- Process virtual machines -- Dynamic binary optimization -- High-level language virtual machine architecture -- High-level language virtual machine implementation -- Codesigned virtual machines -- System virtual machines -- Multiprocessor virtualization -- Emerging applications. Virtual Machine technology applies the concept of virtualization to an entire machine, circumventing real machine compatibility constraints and hardware resource constraints to enable a higher degree of software portability and flexibility. Virtual machines are rapidly becoming an essential element in computer system design. They provide system security, flexibility, cross-platform compatibility, reliability, and resource efficiency. Designed to solve problems in combining and using major computer system components, virtual machine technologies play a key role in many disciplines, including operating systems, programming languages, and computer architecture. For example, at the process level, virtualizing technologies support dynamic program translation and platform-independent network computing. At the system level, they support multiple operating system environments on the same hardware platform and in servers. Historically, individual virtual machine techniques have been developed within the specific disciplines that employ them (in some cases they arent even referred to as virtual machines), making it difficult to see their common underlying relationships in a cohesive way. In this text, Smith and Nair take a new approach by examining virtual machines as a unified discipline. Pulling together cross-cutting technologies allows virtual machine implementations to be studied and engineered in a well-structured manner. Topics include instruction set emulation, dynamic program translation and optimization, high level virtual machines (including Java and CLI), and system virtual machines for both single-user systems and servers. *Examines virtual machine technologies across the disciplines that use themoperating systems, programming languages and computer architecturedefining a new and unified discipline. *Reviewed by principle researchers at Microsoft, HP, and by other industry research groups. *Written by two authors who combine several decades of expertise in computer system research and development, both in academia and industry. Virtual computer systems. Computer architecture. System design. Electronic books. Nair, Ravi. INST UNIPILB EBOOKS 20140829 00b41085 00b41085 ONLINE 0 INST UNIPILB MAIN 20091005 005.4'3 SMI 00159137 00159137 LOAN 0 1 ScienceDirect http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781558609105 /webopac/covers/02/41085_9781558609105.jpg /webopac/covers/02/41085_1558609105.jpg /webopac/covers/02/41085_0080525407.jpg (electronic bk.) /webopac/covers/02/41085_9780080525402.jpg (electronic bk.)