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Operating System Syllabus

This document outlines the modules and topics covered in an operating systems course. Module I introduces operating systems and covers concepts like multiprocessing, timesharing, and distributed systems. It also discusses operating system structures, processes, process management, and interprocess communication. Module II focuses on process coordination through synchronization, semaphores, monitors, and deadlocks. It also covers memory management strategies like paging, segmentation, and virtual memory. Module III looks at storage management, including file systems, mass storage structure, disk scheduling, I/O systems, and case studies of Linux, Windows XP, and Windows Vista. The document lists textbooks and references for the course.

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Operating System Syllabus

This document outlines the modules and topics covered in an operating systems course. Module I introduces operating systems and covers concepts like multiprocessing, timesharing, and distributed systems. It also discusses operating system structures, processes, process management, and interprocess communication. Module II focuses on process coordination through synchronization, semaphores, monitors, and deadlocks. It also covers memory management strategies like paging, segmentation, and virtual memory. Module III looks at storage management, including file systems, mass storage structure, disk scheduling, I/O systems, and case studies of Linux, Windows XP, and Windows Vista. The document lists textbooks and references for the course.

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PCCS4304 OPERATING

SYSTEM (3-0-0)

MODULE-I 12 Hours
INTRODUCTION TO OPERATING SYSTEM:
What is an Operating System ?Simple Batch Systems, Multiprogramming and Time Sharing
systems.Personal Computer Systems, Parallel Systems, Distributed Systems and Real time
Systems.
Operating System Structures: Operating System Services, System components, Protection
system, Operating System Services, system calls

PROCESS MANAGEMENT:
Process Concept, Process Scheduling, Operation on Processes, Inter process communication,
Examples of IPC Systems, Multithreading Models, Threading Issues, Process Scheduling Basic
concepts, scheduling criteria, scheduling algorithms, Thread Scheduling.

MODULE-II 12 Hours
PROCESS COORDINATION: Synchronization: The Critical section problem, Petersons
solution, Synchronization hardware, Semaphores, Classical problems of synchronization,
Monitors.
Deadlocks: System model, Deadlock Characterization Methods for Handling Deadlocks,
Deadlock Prevention, Deadlock avoidance, Deadlock Detection, recovery from Deadlock.
MEMORY MANAGEMENT: Memory Management strategies, Logical versus Physical Address
space, swapping, contiguous Allocation, Paging, Segmentation. Virtual Memory: Background,
Demand paging, performance of Demand paging, Page Replacement, Page Replacement
Algorithms. Allocation of frames, Thrashing, Demand Segmentation.

MODULE-III 11 Hours
STORAGE MANAGEMENT:
File System Concept, Access Methods, File System Structure, File System Structure, File
System Implementation, Directory implementation, Efficiency and Performance, Recovery,
Overview of Mass Storage Structure, Disk Structure, Disk Scheduling, Disk Management,
Swap-Space Management, I/O System Overview, I/O Hardware, Application I/O Interface,
Kernel I/O Subsystem, Transforming I/O Request to Hardware Operation.
CASE STUDIES: The LINUX System, Windows XP, Windows Vista
TEXT BOOK:
1. Operating System Concepts Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, Greg Gagne, 8th
edition, Wiley-India, 2009.
2. Modern Operating Systems Andrew S. Tanenbaum, 3rd Edition, PHI
3. Operating Systems: A Spiral Approach Elmasri, Carrick, Levine, TMH Edition
REFERENCE BOOK:
1. Operating Systems Flynn, McHoes, Cengage Learning
2. Operating Systems Pabitra Pal Choudhury, PHI
3. Operating Systems William Stallings, Prentice Hall
4. Operating Systems H.M. Deitel, P. J. Deitel, D. R. Choffnes, 3rd Edition, Pearson

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