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Motivation For Operating Systems

This document provides an overview of operating system concepts and structures. It outlines topics such as concurrent processes, memory management, uniprocessor scheduling, external storage management, and bibliographic references. Key aspects of operating systems discussed include process models and concurrency, virtual memory, file systems, and CPU scheduling algorithms. A variety of reference materials on operating system design and implementation are also cited.

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Motivation For Operating Systems

This document provides an overview of operating system concepts and structures. It outlines topics such as concurrent processes, memory management, uniprocessor scheduling, external storage management, and bibliographic references. Key aspects of operating systems discussed include process models and concurrency, virtual memory, file systems, and CPU scheduling algorithms. A variety of reference materials on operating system design and implementation are also cited.

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*** Operating Systems ***

 Motivation for Operating Systems

 Introduction

oWhat's an Operating System


oComputer/Operating System Overview
oEvolution of Operating Systems
oFunctional/Protection Aspects
oOperating System Structures
 
 Concurrent Processes

oProcess Models and Management


oProcess Description and Control
oTask/Thread Description and Control
oConcurrency: Mutual Exclusion and Synchronization
oConcurrency: Deadlock and Starvation
 
 Memory Management

o Real Memory Management


o Motivation for Virtual Memory (VM)
o Paging and Segmentation
o Page Fetch, Placement and Replacement
 
 Uniprocessor Scheduling

o Levels of CPU Scheduling


o Process Scheduling
 
 External Storage Management

o File Systems/Management
o Directories
o File Allocation
o Disk Scheduling
 
 Bibliography

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http://williamstallings.com/OperatingSystems/
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5. A. Silberschatz, P. B. Galvin, & G. Gagne, Applied Operating Systems Concepts, 1st ed, John
Wiley & Sons, 2000, http://codex.cs.yale.edu/avi/os-book/previous-dir/aosc/index.html
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Integrated Approach, 2nd ed, Addison-Wesley, 1998.
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8. M. Ben-Ari, Principles of Concurrent and Distributed Programming, Prentice Hall, 1990.
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1991.
10. U. Vahalia, UNIX Internals: The New Frontiers, Prentice Hall, 1996.
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Addison-Wesley, 1989.
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14. D. P. Bovet, and M. Cesati, Understanding the Linux Kernel, 3rd ed, O’Reilly Media, 2008.
15. R. Love, Linux Kernel Development, 2nd ed, Novell Press, 2005.

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