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MODERN OPERATING SYSTEMS
L T P C
3 0 0 3
Prerequisites:
• Basic knowledge in Computer Organizations & Operating Systems.
Objectives:
• To Design & Understand the following OS Components: System Calls,

Schedulers, Memory Management Systems, Virtual Memory & Paging Systems.
• To evaluate, & Compare OS Components through instrumentation for

Performance Analysis.
Outcomes:
• Ability to Analyze the various Device & Resource Management Techniques for
Timesharing & Distributed Systems.
• Ability to know the Components & Management aspects of Real Time, Mobile
Operating Systems.
Module - I: Basics of Operating Systems
Overview – Synchronization Mechanisms – Processes & Threads – Process Deadlocks –

Issues in Distributed Operating Systems – Communication Primitives – Limitations of
a Distributed System.
Module - II: Memory Management
Memory Management - Paging - Segmentation - Virtual Memory- Demand paging -

Replacement Algorithms – Design Issues – Implementation Issues – Research on
Memory Management.
Module - III: File Systems & I/O
File systems - Design issues - User interface to file– File System Implementation –File
System Management & Optimization. Principle of I/O Hardware & Software - Systems
I/O Device Management - Disk Scheduling Approaches
Module - IV: Mobile & Real Time Operating Systems
Basic Model of Real Time Systems – Characteristics – Applications of Real Time Systems
– Real Time Task Scheduling – Handling Resource Sharing. Mobile Operating Systems
– Architecture – Layers – Microkernel Design – Kernel Extensions – Processes &
Threads – Memory Management – File System – Android – iOS.
Module - V: Mainframe & Linux
Mainframe – z/OS – Overview of z/OS Facilities – Virtual Storage & other Mainframe
Concepts – Workload Management – I/O & Data Management – Supervising the
Execution of Work in the System – Cross-memory Services – Characteristics of z/OS.
Linux – Design Principles – Kernel Modules – Process Management – Scheduling –
Memory Management – I/O Management – File System – Inter-process
Communication.
Text Book(s):
1. Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Herbert Bos, Modern Operating Systems, Prentice

Hall, Fourth Edition, 2014.
2. Mukesh Singhal, Niranjan Shivaratri, Advanced Concepts in Operating Systems

– Distributed, Database & Multiprocessor Operating Systems, Tata McGraw-
Hill, 2001.
3. Rajib Mall, Real-Time Systems: Theory & Practice, Prentice Hall, 2006.
Reference Book(s):
1. Jonathan Levin, Mac OS X & iOS Internals: To the Apple’s Core, John Wiley &
Sons, 2012.
2. Mike Ebbers, John Kettner, Wayne O’Brien, Bill Ogden, Introduction to the New
Mainframe: z/OS Basics, International Business Machines Corporation, Third
Edition.
3. Abraham Silberschatz, Peter B. Galvin, Greg Gagne, Operating System Concepts,

Wiley, Eighth edition, 2008.
OPERATING SYSTEM LAB
L T P C
0 0 3 2
Skills to be Acquired:
• Able to understand the design issues associated with Operating Systems.

Lab Software Requirements:
• Any Programming Language.
List of Exercises:
1. Write a Program to simulate the following non-pre-emptive CPU scheduling
algorithms to Find turnaround time & waiting time. (a) FCFS (b) SJF (c) Round
Robin (pre-emptive) (d) Priority.
2. Write a Program to Simulate the following File Allocation Strategies.
(a) Sequential (b) Indexed (c) Linked.
3. Write a Program to Simulate Paging Technique of Memory Management.
4. Write a Program to Simulate the following File Organization Techniques (a)
Single Level Directory (b) Two Level Directory (c) Hierarchical.
5. Write a Program to Simulate Bankers Algorithm for the Purpose of Deadlock

Avoidance.
6. Write a Program to Simulate disk Scheduling Algorithms (a) FCFS (b) SCAN (c)
C-SCAN.
7. Write a Program to Simulate Page replacement Algorithms (a) FIFO (b) LRU (c)
LFU.
8. Write a Program to Simulate Producer-consumer Problem using Semaphores.
9. Write a Program to Simulate the Concept of Dining-Philosophers Problem.

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MODERN OPERATING SYSTEMS

• Basic knowledge in Computer Organizations & Operating Systems.

• To Design & Understand the following OS Components: System Calls,

• To evaluate, & Compare OS Components through instrumentation for

Module - I: Basics of Operating Systems

Overview – Synchronization Mechanisms – Processes & Threads – Process Deadlocks –

Module - II: Memory Management

Memory Management - Paging - Segmentation - Virtual Memory- Demand paging -

Module - III: File Systems & I/O

Module - V: Mainframe & Linux

1. Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Herbert Bos, Modern Operating Systems, Prentice

2. Mukesh Singhal, Niranjan Shivaratri, Advanced Concepts in Operating Systems

3. Abraham Silberschatz, Peter B. Galvin, Greg Gagne, Operating System Concepts,

• Able to understand the design issues associated with Operating Systems.

1. Write a Program to simulate the following non-pre-emptive CPU scheduling

Robin (pre-emptive) (d) Priority.

2. Write a Program to Simulate the following File Allocation Strategies.

(a) Sequential (b) Indexed (c) Linked.

3. Write a Program to Simulate Paging Technique of Memory Management.

4. Write a Program to Simulate the following File Organization Techniques (a)

Single Level Directory (b) Two Level Directory (c) Hierarchical.

5. Write a Program to Simulate Bankers Algorithm for the Purpose of Deadlock

8. Write a Program to Simulate Producer-consumer Problem using Semaphores.

9. Write a Program to Simulate the Concept of Dining-Philosophers Problem.

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