Operating Systems
Steven Hand
Michaelmas Term 2010
12 lectures for CST IA
Operating Systems — N/H/MWF@12
,Course Aims
• This course aims to:
– explain the structure and functions of an operating system,
– illustrate key operating system aspects by concrete example, and
– prepare you for future courses. . .
• At the end of the course you should be able to:
– compare and contrast CPU scheduling algorithms
– explain the following: process, address space, file.
– distinguish paged and segmented virtual memory.
– discuss the relative merits of Unix and NT. . .
Operating Systems — Aims i
,Course Outline
• Introduction to Operating Systems.
• Processes & Scheduling.
• Memory Management.
• I/O & Device Management.
• Protection.
• Filing Systems.
• Case Study: Unix.
• Case Study: Windows NT.
Operating Systems — Outline ii
, Recommended Reading
• Concurrent Systems or Operating Systems
Bacon J [ and Harris T ], Addison Wesley 1997 [2003]
• Operating Systems Concepts (5th Ed.)
Silberschatz A, Peterson J and Galvin P, Addison Wesley 1998.
• The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD UNIX Operating
System
Leffler S J, Addison Wesley 1989
• Inside Windows 2000 (3rd Ed) or Windows Internals (4th Ed)
Solomon D and Russinovich M, Microsoft Press 2000 [2005]
Operating Systems — Books iii
Steven Hand
Michaelmas Term 2010
12 lectures for CST IA
Operating Systems — N/H/MWF@12
,Course Aims
• This course aims to:
– explain the structure and functions of an operating system,
– illustrate key operating system aspects by concrete example, and
– prepare you for future courses. . .
• At the end of the course you should be able to:
– compare and contrast CPU scheduling algorithms
– explain the following: process, address space, file.
– distinguish paged and segmented virtual memory.
– discuss the relative merits of Unix and NT. . .
Operating Systems — Aims i
,Course Outline
• Introduction to Operating Systems.
• Processes & Scheduling.
• Memory Management.
• I/O & Device Management.
• Protection.
• Filing Systems.
• Case Study: Unix.
• Case Study: Windows NT.
Operating Systems — Outline ii
, Recommended Reading
• Concurrent Systems or Operating Systems
Bacon J [ and Harris T ], Addison Wesley 1997 [2003]
• Operating Systems Concepts (5th Ed.)
Silberschatz A, Peterson J and Galvin P, Addison Wesley 1998.
• The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD UNIX Operating
System
Leffler S J, Addison Wesley 1989
• Inside Windows 2000 (3rd Ed) or Windows Internals (4th Ed)
Solomon D and Russinovich M, Microsoft Press 2000 [2005]
Operating Systems — Books iii
