Operating System

Unit – 1
Introduction of
Operating System

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Reference Books

1. Operating Systems: Internals & Design Principles, 9th Edition,

William Stallings, Pearson Education India
2. Operating System Concepts, 9th edition Peter B. Galvin, Greg
Gagne, Abraham Silberschatz, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
3. Modern Operating Systems-By Andrew S. Tanenbaum (PHI)

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Topics to be covered
▪ Computer system overview and architecture
▪ Definition Operating System (OS)
▪ Objectives / Goals of Operating System (OS)
▪ Operating Systems (OS) services
▪ Generations of Operating Systems (OS)
▪ System calls
▪ Views of Operating Systems
▪ Types of Operating Systems (OS)
▪ Multiprogramming v/s Multiprocessing v/s Multitasking
▪ Structures of OS
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Basic elements of computer

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Computer system architecture

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What is Operating System (OS)?
An Operating System is a program that acts as an
intermediate/interface between a user of a computer and the
computer hardware.

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Definition

It manages hardware resources and provides various

service to users

It provides a user-friendly environment in which a user

may easily develop and execute programs.

Otherwise, hardware knowledge would be mandatory

for computer programming.

So, it can be said that an OS hides the complexity of

hardware from uninterested users.

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Where does the OS fit in?

• OS lies between hardware and user program.

• It acts as an intermediary between the user and the hardware.

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Modes of operation of computer
1. Kernel Mode
• has complete access to all the
hardware
• here OS have complete access to
all the hardware and can
execute any instruction on that a
machine is capable of executing.
• has high privileged (rights)
2. User Mode
• can execute only subset (few) of
the machine instructions
• has less privileged (rights)

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Flow of Communication

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Functions/Services/Tasks of OS

Functions

Process Memory File Security Resource Communication

Management Management Management management Management management

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Functions/Services/Tasks of OS

• By process management OS
manages many kinds of
activities:
1. Process • All process from start to
shut down i.e. open, save,
Management copy, install, print.
• Creation and deletion of
user and system processes.

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Functions/Services/Tasks of OS

• The major activities of an

operating regard to
memory-management are:
• Decide which process are
2. Memory loaded into memory
when memory space
Management becomes available.
• Allocate and deallocate
memory space as needed.

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Functions/Services/Tasks of OS

• The file management system

allows the user to perform
such tasks:
3. File • Creating files and directories
• Renaming files
Management • Coping and moving files
• Deleting files

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Functions/Services/Tasks of OS

• By security management
OS manages many tasks
such as:-
4. Security • Alert messages
• Virus protection
Management • Dialogue boxes
• Firewall
• Passwords

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Functions/Services/Tasks of OS

• To manage Resources, OS
perform many tasks such as:
• Install drivers required for
5.Resource input and output,
Management memory, power.
• Coordination among
peripherals.

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Functions/Services/Tasks of OS

• For proper coordination OS

performs communication
management:
6. • Communication between
Communication user-application software-
Management hardware.
• One computer to another via
LAN or WAN.

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Different views of OS

Views of OS

OS as a User/Computer OS as a Resource
Interface manager

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Different views of OS
▪ OS as a User/Computer Interface:
End
User

Programmer
Application
Programs

Utilities Operating-
System
Designer
Operating-System

Computer Hardware

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Different views of OS

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Different views of OS

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Different views of OS

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Different views of OS

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Different views of OS

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OS as a Resource Manager
OS as a Resource manager
(OS from system view)

• A computer is a set of resources which preform

the function such as store, process and transfer
the data.
• If a computer system is used by multiple
application(or users),then they will compete for
these resources.
• OS is responsible for managing the resources to
control this functions.

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Goals/objective of OS
Control/execute user/application programs.

Make the computer system convenient to use.

Ease the solving of user problems.

Use the computer hardware in an efficient manner.

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Generations of Operating systems

First Generation

Second Generation

Third Generation

Fourth Generation
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History of OS (First generation)
▪ First generation (1945-1955)
• Vacuum tubes and plug-boards are used in these systems.

Vacuum tubes
Plug board

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First generation

First Generation (1945-1955)

• Technology : Vacuum Tubes

• Operating System : Not present
• Language : Machine language

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First Generation Computers

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coding by cable connections (plug board)

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Punch Card

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First Generation
Working

• Computer run one job at time. Programmers have to

enter the plug board or punch card into the computer,
run it, record the result. (might require rewiring!).

Problem

• lots of wasted computer time!

• CPU was idle during first and last steps
• Computers were very expensive!

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 First Generation
Features of First Generation Computers
• They used vacuum tubes as main electronic component.
• They were large in size, slow in processing and had small
storage capacity.
• They consumed lots of electricity and produced excessive
heat.
• They were less reliable than later
generation computers
• They used machine level language for programming

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History of OS (Second generation)
▪ Second generation (1955-1965)
• Transistors are used in these systems
• The machine that are produced are called mainframes.
• Batch systems was used for processing.

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Second Generation

Second Generation (1955-65)

• Technology: Transistors
• Operating system : Present
• Language : Assembly and High level
language

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Second Generation

Around 1955, Transistors were

introduced.

Operating systems were designed

which is know as FMS (Fortran
Monitor System) and IBMSYS.

Used assembly language. Used Transistors

FORTRAN as high level language.

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Second Generation

Batch system

• To reduce the time new methodology is

adopted know as batch system.
• To execute the program two computers
were used IBM 1401 for reading cards,
copying tapes, and printing output, and
IBM 7094 for real computing (numerical
calculation).

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 Batch system:
Working
• Collect a tray full of jobs and read them onto magnetic tape
using small computer such as IBM 1401.
• Then magnetic tapes are mounted on a tape drive., operator
load special program which read the first job from tape and
run it.
• Output was written onto second tape, after each job
finished, the OS automatically read next job from the tape.
• Output tape inserted into IBM 1401 for printing.

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Second Generation
Features of Second Generation Computers

• Second generation computers used transistors as their main

electronic component.
• These computers were much smaller, reliable and more powerful
• Apart from machine language, assembly language were developed
and used in this generation
• Some high level languages like COBOL & FORTRAN were
introduced towards the end of second generation
• Printers, tape storage, disk storage, memory were started from
second generation of computers
• Processing speed improved to microseconds

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History of OS (Third generation)
▪ Third generation (1965-1980)
• Integrated circuits (IC's) are used in place of transistors in these computers.
• It provides multiprogramming (the ability to have several programs
in memory at once, each in its own memory partition).

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Third Generation

Third Generation(1965-80)

• Technology : Integrated Circuits

• Operating Systems : Present
• Language : High level language

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Third Generation

Third Generation Computers

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 Third Generation

Job 3

Job 2
Multiprogramming
Memory
Job 1 • Partition the memory into several pieces with
partitions
different job in each partition.
Operating • While one job was waiting for I/O to
system complete, another job could use CPU.
• whenever running job finished, the OS load
new job from the disk into the empty partition
of memory. This is know as SPOOLING
(Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On
Line).

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History of OS (Fourth generation)
▪ Fourth generation (1980-present)
• Personal Computers
• LSI (Large Scale Integration) circuits, chips containing thousands of
transistors are used in these systems.

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Fourth Generation

Fourth Generation(1980-90)

• Technology : LSI
• Operating systems : Present
• Language : High level language

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Fourth Generation

Large Scale Integrated Circuits (LSIC’s) were

introduced.

Intel came out with 8080, first

microcomputer with a disk.

Kindall wrote disk based OS called CP/M LSIC

(Control Program for Microcomputers).

Tim Paterson had developed OS know as Disk Operating System

(DOS). Microsoft revised the system and was known as MS-
DOS.
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Generations of Operating systems: Summary

Fourth generation:
Third generation:
• 1980 – present
• 1965 – 1980 • Large scale integration,
Second generation•:Multiprogramming
Integrated circuits, Personal computers
• 1955 – 1965
• Transistors, Batch
First generation:systems
• 1945 – 1955
• Vacuum tubes, Plug
boards

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Types of Operating Systems
Batch OS

Multi-programming OS
Types

Multi-Tasking OS

Multi-processing OS

Distributed OS
Real Time OS

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Multiprogramming v/s Multiprocessing v/s Multitasking

Multiprocessing Multitasking

Multiprogramming

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Multiprogramming v/s Multiprocessing v/s Multitasking

Multiprogramming Multiprocessing Multitasking

The concurrent residency The availability of more The execution of more
of more than one than one processor per than one task
program in the main system, which can execute simultaneously is called as
memory is called as several set of instructions multitasking.
multiprogramming. in parallel is called as
multiprocessing.

Number of processor: one Number of processor: Number of processor: one

more than one
One process is executed More than one process One by one job is
at a time. can be executed at a time. being executed at a
time.

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Real Time OS
▪A system is said to be Real Time
if it is required to complete it’s work &
deliver it’s services on time.
▪ A real time OS defines the completion of job within the
rigid time constraints otherwise job looses its meaning.
▪ Example – Flight Control System, Air
line reservation system.
• All tasks in that system must execute on time.
▪ The Real Time OS is of two types:
1. Hard Real Time OS
2. Soft Real Time OS
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Real Time OS
▪ Hard Real time
• It ensures the complication of critical tasks within the well defined
constraints.
• It can not afford missing even a single deadline, single miss can lead
to the critical failure.
• Example: Flight controller system.

▪ Soft Real Time

• Late completion of jobs is undesirable but not fatal( does not leads
to any critical failure) .
• System performance degrades as more & more jobs miss deadlines.
• Example: Online Databases, DVD player cannot process a frame.

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Distributed Operating System
▪ “A Distributed system is collection of independent
computers which are connected through network.”
Systems processors
are differ in size and
functions

Communication
Network

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Examples of Distributed OS
▪ Web Search Engines:
• Major growth industry in the last decade.
• 10 billion per month for global number of searches.
• e.g. Google distributed infrastructure

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Distributed OS

Feature Description

Resource sharing Improves resource utilization

Reliability Availability of services and resources
Computation speed Parts of communication system can be
up execute in different computer system.
Communication Provides means of communication between
remote entities.
Incremental Growth Processing power can be enhanced.

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User Mode vs. Kernel Mode

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System Call
A system call is a request that a program makes to the OS.

OS and user program communicate with help of system

call. System call are provided by the OS.

Example : User program needs to read the file from the

hard disk but as the user program is working in the user
mode it can not have direct access to any computer hard
ware, thus program makes system call instruction to
transfer control to the operating system.

Then OS process the system call and returns control to the

instruction.

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System Call
Read system call

• count = read (fd, buffer, nbytes);

• Where
• fd specifies the file,
• Buffer tells where the data are to be put,
• nbytes specifies number of bytes to read
• Count will have number of bytes which actually read
by this system call.

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Read System Call
Return to caller Library
Trap to the kernel procedure
5 Put code for read in register read
6 10
User Call to library proc
4
space Increment SP 11

Call read User

3 Push fd program
Push
parameter 2 Push &buffer calling read
9
onto 1 Push nbytes
stack

Kernel 7 8 Sys call

Dispatch
handler
space
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Read System Call
▪ Step-1,2,3 calling program first pushes the parameters onto the
stack The first and third parameters are called by value, but the
second parameter is passed by reference, meaning that the
address of the buffer (indicated by &) is passed, not the contents
of the buffer.

▪ Step-4 Then comes the actual call to the library procedure. This
instruction is the normal procedure call instruction.

▪ Step-5 The library procedure, possibly written in assembly

language, typically puts the system call number in a place where
the operating system expects it, such as a register.

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Read System Call
▪ Step-6. Then it executes a TRAP instruction to switch from user
mode to kernel mode and start execution at a fixed address within
the kernel.
▪ Step-7.The kernel code that starts examines the
system call number and then dispatches to the correct system
call .
▪ Step-8. At that point the system call handler runs.
▪ Step-9.Once the system call handler has
completed its work, control may be returned to the user-
space library procedure .
▪ Step-10. This procedure then returns to the user program in the
usual way procedure calls return.
▪ Step-11. To finish the job, the user program has to clean up the
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System Call

System Call

System Calls System Calls System Calls

for Process for File for Miscellaneous
Management Management Directory System Calls
Management

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System Calls for Process Management

Systems call for process

management:

• pid = fork()
• pid = waitpid(pid, &statloc, options)
• s = execve(name, argv, environp)
• exit(status)

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System Calls for Process Management
pid = fork()
• Fork is the only way to create new process in POSIX.
• Creates an exact duplicate of the original process.
• It will return PID which is id of child.

pid = waitpid(pid, &statloc, options)

• After creation of the child process parent waits for
the child to execute the command,
• Then read the next command when child terminates.
• Pid is the id of child,
• Statloc will set to the child’s exit status,
• Various options can be specified with help of the third
parameter.
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System Calls for File Management
fd = open (file, how,...)
• Open a file for reading, writing or both.
• Specifies the file name to be opened and any of the following code
O_RDONLY, O_WRONLY, or O_RDWR, O_CREAT.

s = close(fd)
• Close an open file.
n = read(fd, buffer, nbytes)
• Read data from a file into a buffer.

n = write(fd, buffer, nbytes)

• Write data from a buffer into a file.

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System Calls for File Management
position = lseek(fd, offset, whence)

• Move the file pointer for reading or writing thus it

can begin anywhere in the file.
• Fd is file descriptor
• Offset shows the file position
• Whence tells whether the file position is relative
to beginning, or current position, or end of the
file.
s = stat(name, &buf)

• Get a file’s status information such as type of file,

size, time of last modification and other information.
• Name is the file name
• Pointer to structure where this needs to be put.
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System Calls for Directory Management

s = mkdir(name, mode)
• Create a new empty directory.

s = rmdir(name)

• Remove an empty directory.

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System Calls for Directory Management

s = unlink(name)

• Remove a directory entry

s = mount(special, name, flag)

• Allows two file systems to be merged into one.

• It mounts a storage device or file system,
making it accessible and attaching it to an existing
directory structure.
• Special is the name of block special file for drive.
• Name is destination space where we want to mount
file.
• Flag is Mode of mount read-write or read only.
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Miscellaneous System Calls
s = chdir(dirname)

• Change the working directory

s = chmod(name, mode)

• Change a file’s protection bits.

• Name is the name of the file
• Mode includes the read-write –execute bits for
user, owner, group.

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Miscellaneous System Calls
s = kill(pid, signal)

• Send a signal to a process. The kill system call is the way

users and user processes send signals. If a process is
prepared to catch a particular signal, then when it arrives, a
signal handler is run.
• If the process is not prepared to handle a signal, then its
arrival kills the process (hence the name of the call).
• Common uses are : to kill the process with pid, or to force
process N to read its configuration file.
seconds = time(&seconds)

• Returns current time in second.

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System Calls: Interrupts
An interrupt is a signal to the processor emitted by hardware
or software indicating an event that needs immediate
attention.
The processor responds by suspending its current
activities, saving its state, and executing a function
needed by interrupt.

This interruption is temporary, and, after the interrupt

handler finishes, the processor resumes normal activities.

There are two types of interrupts: hardware interrupts and

software interrupts.

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Interrupts

Hardware interrupt Software interrupt

pressing a key on errors or events

during program
occurring
keyboard or the
mouse triggers execution
that are cannot be
moving
interrupts
hardware the
that cause handled within the
processor
the to read program itself.
keystroke
theor mouse position. For example, if
the arithmetic logic
processor's
unit is commanded to divide
a number by zero.
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Operating system structures
1. Simple Structure
2. Monolithic systems
3. Layered systems
4. Microkernel structure
5. Modular structure

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Simple Structure
▪ MS-DOS is an operating system created for personal computers. It
was developed by Microsoft. It is a classic example of an operating
system with a layered structure.
▪ MS-DOS operating system is split into various layers and
each of the layers have different functionalities.
▪ Layering provides a distinct advantage in the MS-DOS operating
system because all the layers can be defined separately and
interact with each other as required.
▪ Also, it is easier to create, maintain and update the system if it is
done in the form of layers. Change in one layer specification does
not affect the rest of the layers.
▪ However, the layers in MS-DOS are not that sharply
defined and the layer specifications often bleed into each other.

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SIMPLE STRUCTURE

Fig: MS-DOS layer Structure

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Monolithic Structure
▪ Monolithic systems – basic structure:
🞆the entire operating system is working in kernel space.
🞆A set of primitives or system calls implement all operating system
services such as process management, concurrency, and memory
management.
🞆Device drivers can be added to the kernel as modules.
🞆user services and kernel services are implemented under same
address space. As both services are implemented under same
address space, this makes operating system execution faster.
🞆If any service fails the entire system crashes, and it is one of the
drawbacks of this kernel. The entire operating system needs
modification if user adds a new service.
🞆Acts as a virtual machine which controls all hardware parts
🞆Examples: Linux, Unix like kernels, BSD, OS/360

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MONOLITHIC STRUCTURE

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Layered Structure
🞆 A layered system consists of a series of layers, each of which depends
only on the correct operation of the layer immediately beneath it.
🞆 The lowest layer represents the hardware interface, and the highest
layer the application interface.
🞆 All the layers can be defined separately and interact with each other as
required. Also, it is easier to create, maintain and update the system if it
is done in the form of layers.
🞆 Change in one layer specification does not affect the rest of the layers.
🞆 A key problem in a layered system is deciding on the ordering of the
layers. (This is critical because of the requirement that each layer can
ultimately only use services provided by layers below it - so the ordering
cannot have any cycles.)
🞆 In a strictly-layered structure, efficiency can also become a problem
because when a higher-level layer requires a lower-level operation the
request must work its way down layer by layer.
🞆 Examples OS/2, window NT
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LAYERED STRUCTURE

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Microkernel Structure
🞆 Kernel is made as small as possible only the most important services are put
inside the kernel and rest of the OS service are present in the system application
program.
🞆 The user can easily interact with those not-so important services within the
system applications kernel is solely responsible for the three most important
services of operating system namely:
⚫ Inter-Process communication
⚫ Memory management
⚫ CPU scheduling
🞆 Microkernel and system applications can interact with each other by message
passing as and when required.
🞆 This is extremely advantageous architecture since burden of kernel is reduced
and less crucial services are accessible to the user and hence security is
improved too. It is being highly adopted in the present-daysystems.

🞆 MacOSX, Eclipse IDE is a good example of Microkernel Architecture.

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MICROKERNEL STRUCTURE

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MICROKERNEL STRUCTURE

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Modular Structure
▪ A modular operating system is built with its various functions
broken up into distinct processes, each with its own interface.
▪ The primary benefit of the modular approach is that each process
operates independently, and if one of them fails or needs an
update, it won’t affect any of the other functions.
▪ The main elements of a modular operating system are a kernel
and a set of dynamically loadable applications with their own
discrete memory spaces. The kernel is protected from service and
application failures.
▪ The Linux kernel is modular, which means it can extend its
capabilities through dynamically-loaded kernel modules.

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MODULAR STRUCTURE

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 Questions asked in Exams
1. What is Operating System? Discuss role/functions of OS as a resource
manager.
2. Write different operating system services and describe it with suitable
example.
3. Enlist various generations of operating system and explain them with
advantages and disadvantages in detail.
4. Describe RTOS its types and DOS with suitable examples.
5. Identify the differences between Multi-Programming, Multi-tasking, and
Multiprocessing System.
6. What are System Calls? Explain various types of system calls with
appropriate examples.
7. What is an interrupt and context switching? How it is handle by
operating system.
8. Explain Monolithic, Micro Kernel and Layered system of Operating
System Structure.
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