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‭Important topics:‬

‭ xplain Operating System in layman terms‬


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‭Types of OS - Batch OS, Multiprogramming OS, Multitasking OS, Time Sharing OS, Distributed‬
‭OS, Real Time OS‬
‭RAM vs ROM + Types (Asked in DE Shaw)‬
‭Virtualization vs Containerization (OR Virtual machine vs Docker)‬
‭Program vs Process (Asked in DE Shaw)‬
‭Process vs Thread‬
‭User-level thread vs kernel level thread‬
‭Differences between multi-threading, multi-processing, multiprogramming, multi-tasking‬
‭Microservices based architecture‬
‭Process scheduling - Basic terminology like scheduling queue, different times in process like‬
‭arrival time, Completion Time, Burst Time, Turn Around Time, Waiting Time (WT)‬
‭Different process scheduling algorithms - FCFS, SJF, SRTF etc.‬
‭Different criterias used - CPU utilization, throughput, response time etc.‬
‭Explain how does a process gets executed inside memory (Asked in DE Shaw)‬
‭Optimal number of threads for a process‬
‭Preemptive vs Non-preemptive scheduling‬
‭Some important terms associated with scheduling algorithms - Problem of Ageing, Starvation,‬
‭Deadlock [should know basic definitions at least]‬
‭Synchronization - Semaphores, mutex vs counting semaphore, critical section problem + their‬
‭three conditions (Mutual exclusion, Progress, Bounded waiting)‬
‭Deadlock : Basic definition, Necessary conditions, handling techniques‬
‭Memory Management [Very IMP]: Primary vs Secondary Memory, memory Allocation while‬
‭running a process [IMP], Paging and segmentation (Basics should be clear)‬
‭Thrashing [IMP concept]‬
‭What is Cache and why is it used?‬
‭Memory Partitioning‬
‭What is Virtual memory and why?‬
‭LRU Cache implementation‬

‭Also, practice standard interview questions from:‬

I‭nterview questions:‬
‭https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/commonly-asked-operating-systems-interview-questions-set-1/‬
‭https://www.interviewbit.com/operating-system-interview-questions/‬
‭Other questions for practice:‬‭https://www.javatpoint.com/operating-system-interview-questions‬

‭ evision:‬
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‭https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/last-minute-notes-operating-systems/‬

‭ ook (if enough time):‬


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‭Operating System Principles by Galvin:‬‭https://amzn.to/2UuxwEJ‬

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