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KS - C - CC - 364 System Software

This document outlines the course objectives, units, topics, textbooks, and chapter mappings for a 3-credit, 6th semester M.Sc. in Computer Applications and Information Technology course on System Software at Gujarat University. The 5 units cover system software concepts, assemblers and device drivers, macros and macro preprocessors, scanning and parsing techniques used in compilers, and linkers and loaders. Recommended textbooks and the chapter mappings from these books to the course units are also provided.

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KS - C - CC - 364 System Software

This document outlines the course objectives, units, topics, textbooks, and chapter mappings for a 3-credit, 6th semester M.Sc. in Computer Applications and Information Technology course on System Software at Gujarat University. The 5 units cover system software concepts, assemblers and device drivers, macros and macro preprocessors, scanning and parsing techniques used in compilers, and linkers and loaders. Recommended textbooks and the chapter mappings from these books to the course units are also provided.

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GUJARAT UNIVERSITY

K. S. SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT


M.Sc. IN COMPUTER APPLICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
[Five Years' (Full-time) Integrated Degree Course]

Sixth Semester M.Sc. (CA & IT)


KS_C_CC -364 System Software

3 credit course
Objective:
Explain the concepts, structure and mechanisms of system software, Introduce design
principles and implementation issues of System Software, Introduction of assembly
language programming, Detailed study of Language processing, Compiler, Assembler,
Parser, Scanner, Unix Device driver, Program compilation and Debugging

UNIT I: (20%)
• System Software :- System Software, Goals of System Software, Overview of
Language Processor, Fundamentals of language specification, Symbol Tables,
Software Tools

UNIT II: (20%)


• Assemblers and Device Driver:- Elements of Assembly Language
Programming, A Simple Assembly Scheme, Pass Structure of Assemblers,
Design of a Two Pass Assembler, Device Driver, Character Driver, Block
Driver, Driver Installation

UNIT III: (20%)


• Macros and Macro Preprocessor and Interpreter:- Macro Definition and Call,
Macro Expansion, Nested Macro Calls, Advanced Macro Facilities, Activities
and Data Structures Involved in Designing a Macro Processor, Interpreters:
Use and Overview, Pure and Impure Interpreters

UNIT IV: (20%)


• Scanning and Parsing and Compiler:- Classification of Programming
language, Introduction to Compilation, Scanning: Regular Expression, DFA,
NFA, Parsing: Top Down , Top Down Without back tracking , Recursive Decent
Parsing , First and Follow , LL(1), Bottom Up : Operator Precedence Grammar /
Parser ,Language Processor development tools, Causes of a large semantic
Gap, Binding and Binding Times, Data Structures used in Compilers, Scope
Rules, Memory Allocation, Compilation of Expression and Control structure,
Code Optimization

UNIT V: (20%)
• Linkers & Loaders :- Introduction to Linkers, Relocation and Linking Concepts,
Design of a Linker, Self-Relocating Programs, Linking for Overlays, Introduction
to Loaders, Programs in Memory, Different Loading Schemes, Types of
Loaders, Linking Loaders, Overlay, Binder, Dynamic Loader

Recommended Lecture Scheme: Approximately 45 hours of classroom teaching,

Recommended Practical Scheme: Applicable

Assignment: One assignment every month.

Text Books:
1. System Programming
By D.M. Dhamdhare, Tata McGraw Hill
2. Unix Device Driver
By George Pajere
3. Systems Programming
By Srimanta Pal, Oxford University Press

Reference Books:
1. Compilers
By Aho , Sethi & Ulman
2. Compiler Construction Principles & PracticePrinciples and Practice
By Keneth Louden
3. System Software - An Introduction to Systems Programming
By Leland L. Beck, Pearson Education Asia, 3rd Edition, 2000
4. System Software
By Shantanu Chattopadhyay, Prentice-Hall India, 2007

Chapter -wise coverage of syllabus from Text book:

For Unit I of this syllabus


Text Book #1: Ch-1, 2, 9 [1.1, 1.2, 2, 9]
For Unit 2 of this syllabus
Text Book #1: Ch-3 [3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4]
Text Book #2: Ch-1, 2, 5, 13
For Unit 3 of this syllabus
Text Book #1: Ch-4, 8 [4, 8.1, 8.2]
For Unit 4 of this syllabus
Text Book #1: Ch-6, 7
For Unit 5 of this syllabus
Text Book #1: Ch- 5 [5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.6, 5.7]
Text Book #3: Ch-14 [till 14.17]

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