National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra

To understand the services and design of an operating system.

To understand the structure and organization of file system

To understand the process states and various concepts such as scheduling and synchronization related with it.

To understand different memory management approaches.

Students should be able to use system calls for managing processes, memory and file system.

Students should understand the data structures and algorithms for implementation of OS.

Content

Understand functions, structures and history of operating systems
Able to know the design issues associated with operating systems
Master various process management concepts such as scheduling, synchronization, multithreading and deadlocks
Understand the various concepts associated with memory management such as virtual memory, demand paging, page replacements algorithms
Be familiar with various protection and security mechanisms
Be familiar with virtualization and operating system components

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H. Brinch, "Operating System Principles," Prentice Hall of India.
Dhamdhere, "Systems programming & Operating systems," TataMcGrawHil
A. N. Habermann, "Introduction to Operating System Design," Galgotia publication, New Delhi.
A.S. Tanenbaum, "Modern Operating Systems," Prentice Hall of India.