This document outlines an operating systems course that will introduce key concepts like processes, threading, synchronization, deadlocks, memory management, file systems, and case studies. The course objectives are to explain core OS principles and illustrate techniques for managing resources like processors, memory, storage, and security. Students will demonstrate an understanding of operating systems and apply skills like process and memory management through exams featuring long questions covering each module topic.
This document outlines an operating systems course that will introduce key concepts like processes, threading, synchronization, deadlocks, memory management, file systems, and case studies. The course objectives are to explain core OS principles and illustrate techniques for managing resources like processors, memory, storage, and security. Students will demonstrate an understanding of operating systems and apply skills like process and memory management through exams featuring long questions covering each module topic.
This document outlines an operating systems course that will introduce key concepts like processes, threading, synchronization, deadlocks, memory management, file systems, and case studies. The course objectives are to explain core OS principles and illustrate techniques for managing resources like processors, memory, storage, and security. Students will demonstrate an understanding of operating systems and apply skills like process and memory management through exams featuring long questions covering each module topic.
This document outlines an operating systems course that will introduce key concepts like processes, threading, synchronization, deadlocks, memory management, file systems, and case studies. The course objectives are to explain core OS principles and illustrate techniques for managing resources like processors, memory, storage, and security. Students will demonstrate an understanding of operating systems and apply skills like process and memory management through exams featuring long questions covering each module topic.
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18CS43: Operating Systems
Course Learning Objectives:
This course (18CS43) will enable students to:
Introduce concepts and terminology used in OS
Explain threading and multithreaded systems Illustrate process synchronization and concept of Deadlock Introduce Memory and Virtual memory management, File system and storage techniques
Module-1
Introduction to Operating Systems, System Structures
Introduction to operating systems, System Structures:
What operating systems do; Computer System organization; Computer System architecture; Operating System structure; Operating System operations; Process management; Memory management; Storage management; Protection and Security; Distributed system; Special- purpose systems; Computing environments.
Operating System Services:
User - Operating System interface; System calls; Types of system calls; System programs; Operating system design and implementation; Operating System structure; Virtual machines; Operating System generation; System boot.
Process Management
Process concept; Process scheduling; Operations on processes; Inter process
Mass storage structures; Disk structure; Disk attachment; Disk scheduling; Disk management; Swap space management. Protection: Goals of protection, Principles of protection, Domain of protection, Access matrix, Implementation of access matrix, Access control, Revocation of access rights, Capability- Based systems.
Case Study: The Linux Operating System:
Linux history; Design principles; Kernel modules; Process management; Scheduling;
Memory Management; File systems, Input and output; Inter-process communication. Text book 1: Chapter 12.1 to 12.6, 21.1 to 21.9 RBT: L1, L2, L3 08
Course Outcomes:
The student will be able to:
Demonstrate need for OS and different types of OS
Apply suitable techniques for management of different resources
Use processor, memory, storage and file system commands
Realize the different concepts of OS in platform of usage through case studies
Question Paper Pattern:
• The question paper will have ten questions.
• Each full Question consisting of 20 marks
• There will be 2 full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
• Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
• The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
Textbooks:
1. Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, Greg Gagne, Operating System Principles 7th edition, Wiley-India, 2006
Reference Books:
1. Ann McHoes Ida M Fylnn, Understanding Operating System, Cengage Learning, 6th Edition
2. D.M Dhamdhere, Operating Systems: A Concept Based Approach 3rd Ed, McGraw- Hill, 2013.
3. P.C.P. Bhatt, An Introduction to Operating Systems: Concepts and Practice 4th
Edition, PHI(EEE), 2014.
4. William Stallings Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles, 6th Edition, Pearson.
