CST 206 OPERATING
SYSTEMS
,REFERENCE
•Abraham Silberschatz, Peter
Baer Galvin, Greg Gagne, '
Operating System Concepts'
9th Edition, Wiley India 2015.
• Reference Books:
• Andrew S Tanenbaum, “Modern Operating
Systems” , 4th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2015.
• William Stallings, “Operating systems”, 6th Edition,
Pearson, Global Edition, 2015.
• Garry Nutt, Nabendu Chaki, Sarmistha Neogy,
“Operating Systems”, 3rd Edition, Pearson Education.
• D.M.Dhamdhere, “Operating Systems”, 2nd Edition,
Tata McGraw Hill, 2011.
• Sibsankar Haldar, Alex A Aravind, “Operating
Systems”, Pearson Education.
• Syllabus
• Module I
• Introduction: Operating system overview –
Operations, Functions, Service
• System calls-Types
• Operating System structure - Simple structure
Layered approach, Microkernel ,Modules
• System boot process.
, Chapter 1: Introduction
• What Operating Systems Do
• Computer-System Organization
• Computer-System Architecture
• Operating-System Structure
• Operating-System Operations
• Process Management
• Memory Management
• Storage Management
• Protection and Security
What is an Operating
System?
• A program that acts as an intermediary
between a user of a computer and the
computer hardware
• Operating system goals:
• Execute user programs and make solving user
problems easier
• Make the computer system convenient to use
• Use the computer hardware in an efficient
manner
SYSTEMS
,REFERENCE
•Abraham Silberschatz, Peter
Baer Galvin, Greg Gagne, '
Operating System Concepts'
9th Edition, Wiley India 2015.
• Reference Books:
• Andrew S Tanenbaum, “Modern Operating
Systems” , 4th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2015.
• William Stallings, “Operating systems”, 6th Edition,
Pearson, Global Edition, 2015.
• Garry Nutt, Nabendu Chaki, Sarmistha Neogy,
“Operating Systems”, 3rd Edition, Pearson Education.
• D.M.Dhamdhere, “Operating Systems”, 2nd Edition,
Tata McGraw Hill, 2011.
• Sibsankar Haldar, Alex A Aravind, “Operating
Systems”, Pearson Education.
• Syllabus
• Module I
• Introduction: Operating system overview –
Operations, Functions, Service
• System calls-Types
• Operating System structure - Simple structure
Layered approach, Microkernel ,Modules
• System boot process.
, Chapter 1: Introduction
• What Operating Systems Do
• Computer-System Organization
• Computer-System Architecture
• Operating-System Structure
• Operating-System Operations
• Process Management
• Memory Management
• Storage Management
• Protection and Security
What is an Operating
System?
• A program that acts as an intermediary
between a user of a computer and the
computer hardware
• Operating system goals:
• Execute user programs and make solving user
problems easier
• Make the computer system convenient to use
• Use the computer hardware in an efficient
manner
