Operating System

Operating System is a free Computer Science and Software Engineering handbook covering important course topics, detailed notes, diagrams, equations, formulas and study materials. Download this digital book and reference guide for Diploma, BE, BTech, BCA, BSc, MCA and related degree courses. Explore 125 topics across 5 chapters on operating systems, processes, threads, CPU scheduling, synchronization, deadlocks, memory management, virtual memory, file systems and disk scheduling. Useful for university exams, GATE revision, viva, interviews, assignments and quick revision. RELATED ENGINEERING BRANCHES Computer Science Engineering (CSE), Information Technology (IT), Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Applications and related computing courses. 94 DISTINCT LISTED TOPICS FROM 125 OPERATING SYSTEM FUNDAMENTALS 1. Overview of Computer Operating Systems 2. Computer System Organization 3. Operating System Structure 4. Distributed Systems 5. Operating System Services 6. System Calls 7. System Programs 8. Operating System Generation 9. Operating System Interfaces PROCESSES, THREADS & CPU SCHEDULING 10. Process Management 11. Process Control Block (PCB) 12. Schedulers 13. Context Switching 14. Operations on Processes 15. Interprocess Communication (IPC) 16. Sockets 17. Remote Procedure Calls (RPC) 18. Remote Method Invocation (RMI) 19. Threads 20. Scheduling Criteria 21. Scheduling Algorithms 22. Multithreading Models 23. Thread Libraries 24. Threading Issues 25. CPU Scheduling 26. Multiprocessor Scheduling 27. Symmetric Multithreading 28. Thread Scheduling 29. Solaris Scheduling 30. Windows XP Scheduling 31. Linux Scheduling 32. Algorithm Evaluation SYNCHRONIZATION & DEADLOCKS 33. Process Synchronization 34. Critical Section Problem 35. Synchronization Hardware 36. Semaphores 37. Classic Synchronization Problems 38. Monitors 39. Atomic Transactions 40. Deadlocks 41. Deadlock Characterization 42. Methods for Handling Deadlocks 43. Deadlock Prevention 44. Deadlock Avoidance 45. Banker's Algorithm 46. Deadlock Detection 47. Recovery from Deadlock MEMORY MANAGEMENT & VIRTUAL MEMORY 48. Memory Management Strategies 49. Address Binding 50. Logical vs Physical Address Spaces 51. Dynamic Linking and Loading 52. Swapping 53. Contiguous Memory Allocation 54. Fragmentation 55. Paging 56. Hardware Support for Paging 57. Shared Pages 58. Segmentation 59. Virtual Memory 60. System Libraries 61. Demand Paging 62. Copy-on-Write 63. Page Replacement 64. FIFO Page Replacement 65. Optimal Page Replacement 66. LRU Page Replacement 67. Enhanced Second-Chance Algorithm 68. Frame Allocation 69. Thrashing 70. Working-Set Model 71. Page-Fault Frequency 72. Memory-Mapped Files 73. Shared Memory in Win32 API 74. Kernel Memory Allocation 75. Slab Allocation FILE SYSTEMS & DISK MANAGEMENT 76. File Concepts 77. File Operations 78. File Types 79. Directory Structure 80. Directories 81. File System Mounting 82. File System Structure 83. File System Implementation 84. Directory Implementation 85. Free-Space Management 86. File System Recovery 87. Log-Structured File Systems 88. Network File Systems (NFS) 89. Network File System Protocol 90. Magnetic Disks 91. Disk Structure 92. Disk Attachment 93. Disk Scheduling 94. Disk Management Use this free Operating System ebook to revise OS concepts, process management, virtual memory and file systems for engineering exams and technical interviews.