Operating Systems Syllabus

Unit	Details
I	Introduction: What is an operating system? History of operating system, computer hardware, different operating systems, operating system concepts, system calls, operating system structure Processes and Threads:Processes, threads, interprocess communication, scheduling, IPC problems.
II	Memory Management:No memory abstraction, memory abstraction: address spaces, virtual memory, page replacement algorithms, design issues for paging systems, implementation issues, segmentation. File Systems:Files, directories, file system implementation, file-system management and optimization, MS-DOS file system, UNIX V7 file system, CD ROM file system.
III	Input-Output: Principles of I/O hardware, Principles of I/O software, I/O software layers, disks, clocks, user interfaces: keyboard, mouse, monitor, thin clients, power management Deadlocks:Resources, introduction to deadlocks, the ostrich algorithm, deadlock detection and recovery, deadlock avoidance, deadlock prevention, issues.
IV	Virtualization and Cloud:History, requirements for virtualization, type 1 and 2 hypervisors, techniques for efficient virtualization, hypervisor microkernels, memory virtualization, I/O virtualization, Virtual appliances, virtual machines on multicore CPUs, Clouds. Multiple Processor SystemsMultiprocessors, multicomputers, distributed systems.
V	Case Study on LINUX and ANDROID:History of Unix and Linux, Linux Overview, Processes in Linux, Memory management in Linux, I/O in Linux, Linux file system, security in Linux. Android Case Study on Windows: History of windows through Windows 10, programming windows, system structure, processes and threads in windows, memory management, caching in windows, I/O in windows, Windows NT file system, Windows power management, Security in windows.

Operating Systems Practicals

Practical No	Details
1	Installation of virtual machine software.
2	Installation of Linux operating system (RedHat / Ubuntu) on virtual machine.
3	Installation of Windows operating system on virtial machine.
4	Linux commands: Working with Directories:
a	pwd, cd, absolute and relative paths, ls, mkdir, rmdir
b	file, touch, rm, cp. mv, rename, head, tail, cat, tac, more, less, strings, chmod
5	Linux commands: Working with files:
a	ps, top, kill, pkill, bg, fg
b	grep, locate, find, locate
c	date, cal, uptime, w, whoami, finger, uname, man, df, du, free, whereis, which
d	Compression: tar, gzip
6	Windows (DOS) Commands – 1
a	Date, time, prompt, md, cd, rd, path.
b	Chkdsk, copy, xcopy, format, fidsk, cls, defrag, del, move.
7	Windows (DOS) Commands – 2
a	Diskcomp, diskcopy, diskpart, doskey, echo
b	Edit, fc, find, rename, set, type, ver
8	Working with Windows Desktop and utilities
a	Notepad
b	Wordpad
c	Paint
d	Taskbar
e	Adjusting display resolution
f	Using the browsers
g	Configuring simple networking
h	Creating users and shares
9	Working with Linux Desktop and utilities
a	The vi editor.
b	Graphics
c	Terminal
d	Adjusting display resolution
e	Using the browsers
f	Configuring simple networking
g	Creating users and shares
10	Installing utility software on Linux and Windows

Operating Systems Reference Books