1. Introduction : Computer system overview. Architecture. Goals & Structures of 0.S. Basic functions. Interaction of O.S. & hardware architecture. System calls. Batch. multiprogramming. MultitasRing, time sharing. parallel, distributed & real-time O.S. (Chapter - 1) 2. Process and Threads Management : Process Concept. Process states. Process control. Threads. Uni-processor Scheduling : Types of scheduling : Preemptive. Νοη preemptive. Scheduling algorithms FCFS. SJF. RR. Priority. Thread Scheduling. Real Time Scheduling. System calls like ps, fork. join. exec family. wait. (Chapter - 2) 3. Concurrency : Principles of Concurrency. Mutual Exclusion : S/W approaches. H/W Support. Semaphores. Pipes. Message Passing. Signals. Monitors. (Chapter - 3) 4. Inter Process Communication : Race Conditions. Critical Section. Mutual Exclusion. Hardware Solution. Strict Alternation. Peterson's Solution. The Producer Consumer Problem. Semaphores. Event Counters. Monitors. Message Passing. Classical IPC Problems Reader's & Writer Problem. Dinning Philosopher Problem etc.. Scheduling. Scheduling Algorithms. (Chapter - 4) 5. Deadloc : Principles of Deadlock. Starvation. Deadlock Prevention. Deadlock Avoidance. Deadlock Detection. System calls. (Chapter - 5) 6. Memory Management Memory Management requirements. Memory partitioning : Fixed and Variable Partitioning. Memory Allocation : Allocation Strategies (First Fit. Best Fit. and Worst Fit). Swapping. Paging and Fragmentation. Demand Paging. Security lssues. Virtual Memory : Concepts, VM management, Page Replacement Policies (FIFO. LRU. 0ptimal. 0ther Strategies). Thrashing. (Chapter - 6) 7. 1/0 Management & Dis scheduling : 1/0 Devices. 0rganization of 1/0 functions. 0perating System Design issues. 1/0 Buffering, Disk Scheduling (FCFS. SCAN. C-SCAN. SSTF). RAID. Disk Cache. (Chapter - 7) 8. Security & Protection : Security Environment. Design Principles 0f Security. User Authentication. Protection Mechanism : Protection Domain. Access Contro! List. (Chapter - 8) 9. Unix/Linux Operating System : Development 0f Unix/Linux. Role & Function 0f Kernel. System Calls. Elementary Linux command & Shell Programming. Directory Structure. System Administration. Case study : Linux. Windows 0perating System (Chapter - 9) 10. Virtualization Concepts : Virtual machines, supporting mu!tiple operating systems simultaneously οη a single hardware platform: running one operating system οη top of another. True or pure virtualization. (Chapter - 10)
