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OPERATING SYSTEMS
This module aims at making students learn about basic concepts of operating systems.
Operating System (An Overview): Hardware, Software, Categories of Software.
Operating System Concept:- Introduction, Need, Task, Characteristics, Classification /types: Batch system, Multiprogrammed Batched system, Time – Sharing System, Personal Computer System, Parallel System, Distributed System, Real-Time Systems.
Process Management: Process Concept, Process Scheduling, Operation on Processes.
CPU Scheduling: Basic Concepts, Scheduling Criteria (CPU Utilization, Throughput, Turnaround, Waiting & Response Times), Scheduling Algorithms (FCFS, SJF, Priority, Round-Robin)
Deadlocks: System Model, Deadlock Characterization, Methods for Handling Deadlocks, Deadlock Prevention, Deadlock Avoidance, Deadlock Detection, and Recovery from Deadlock.
Memory Management: Background, Logical versus Physical Address space, Swapping, Contiguous allocation (fragmentation), Paging, Segmentation.Virtual Memory: Background, Demand Paging, Page Replacement, Page-replacement Algorithms (FIFO, Optimal, LRU, and Counting)
File Management: File Concepts (Operations & Attributes), Access Methods, Directory Structure, File System Structure, Allocation Methods (Contiguous Allocation, Linked Allocation, Indexed Allocation).
- A. Silbersachatz and P.Galvin, “Operating System Concepts”, Addison-Wesley, 7th Ed., 2005
1. Tanenbaum, “Operating Systems”, PHI, 4th Edition, 2000
2. Madnick E., Donovan J., “Operating Systems”, Tata McGraw Hill, 2001
3. Achyut S. Godbole, “Operating Systems”, Tata Mc-Graw Hill Publishing Company Limited 2000.
4. Gary Nutt, “Operating System A Modern Perspective (Second Edition)”, Pearson Education 2000.
