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CCSB234/CSNB234 Operating System Concepts

CCSB234/CSNB234 Operating System Concepts. Semester 2, Dec 2006 – Mar 2007 Abdul Rahim Ahmad. Why Learn Operating System?. One of the core Courses in CS and IT. Programming. Design. Hardware/System. Theory. Practice. Course Objectives.

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CCSB234/CSNB234 Operating System Concepts

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  1. CCSB234/CSNB234Operating SystemConcepts Semester 2, Dec 2006 – Mar 2007Abdul Rahim Ahmad

  2. Why Learn Operating System? One of the core Courses in CS and IT Programming Design Hardware/System Theory Practice

  3. Course Objectives At the end of the course, the students should understand: • The fundamental concepts of operating systems at introductory level. • The terminologies associated with operating system concepts. • The general concepts and algorithms used in • process management • memory management • I/O systems.

  4. Contents 1. Overview • Computer systems : organizations and structure. • Operating systems: history, structure and operations. 2. Computer-system structure • Computer-system operation. • I/O structure • Storage structure and hierarchy • Network structure 3. Operating system structures • System components and structures • Operating system services • System calls • System programs • Virtual mahines

  5. Contents Cont. 4. Process Management • Process and program concept. • Process scheduling algorithms • Interprocess communication • Overview of threads • Multithreading models • Overview of CPU scheduling • CPU scheduling criteria and algorithms • Real-time scheduling 5. Memory Management Swapping • Contiguous memory allocation • Paging • Segmentation • Segmentation with paging • Virtual memory • Thrashing • Page replacement algorithms

  6. Contents Cont. 6. Storage Management : File system interface and implementation. • File concept • Access methods • Directory structure • File-system mounting • File sharing • Free space management • Efficiency and performance 7. Storage Management : Mass storage and I/O Systems • I/O hardware • Application I/O interface • Kernel I/O subsystem • Transforming I/O to hardware operations • Disk structure • Disk scheduling algorithms • Disk management • RAID structure

  7. Books • William Stallings, Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles, 5th Ed. 2005 • Silberschatz et al: Operating Systems Concepts, John Wiley & Sons, 7th Edition, 2004 • Tanenbaum: Modern Operating Systems, Prentice Hall, 2nd Edition, 2001 • Deitel: Operating Systems, Addison-Wesley, 2nd Edition, 1999 Main Text Very Good Reference

  8. Assessment • Quizzes 10% • Lab work 20% • Assignments 10% • Mid Term Test 20% • Final Examination 40%

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