FUNDAMENTALS OF OPERATING SYSTEMS (BCS654B)

FUNDAMENTALS OF OPERATING SYSTEMS

Course Code BCS654B 
CIE Marks 50
Teaching Hours/Week (L: T:P: S) 3:0:0:0 
SEE Marks 50
Total Hours of Pedagogy 40 
Total Marks 100
Credits 03 
Exam Hours 03
Examination type (SEE) Theory

Module-1

Introduction: What operating systems do; Computer System organization; Computer System Organization, Computer System architecture; Operating System operations; Resource Management

Operating System Structures: Operating System Servies, User and Operating System interface; System calls, Application Program Interface, Types of system calls;

Textbook 1: Chapter 1: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3,1.4, 1.5 Chapter 2: 2.1, 2.2 (2.2.1, 2.2.2), 2.3 (2.3.2, 2.3.3)

Module-2

Process Management: Process concept; Process scheduling; Operations on processes; Interprocess Communication

Multi-threaded Programming: Overview; Multithreading models, Thread Libraries

Textbook 1: Chapter 3: 3.1-3.4, Chapter 4: 4.1, 4.3 5, 4.4

Module-3

CPU Scheduling: Basic Concepts, Scheduling criteria, Scheduling algorithms, Thread Scheduling,

Process Synchronization: Synchronization: The critical section problem; Peterson’s solution; Semaphores; Classical problems of synchronization;

Textbook 1: Chapter 5: 5.1, 5.2,5.3.1, 5.3.2, 5.3.3, 5.3.4, 5.4 Chapter 6: 6.1, 6.2.,6.3, 6.6

Module-4

Deadlocks: System model; Deadlock characterization; Methods for handling deadlocks; Deadlock prevention; Deadlock avoidance; Deadlock detection and recovery from deadlock.

Memory Management: Background; Contiguous memory allocation; Paging; Structure of page table

Textbook 1: Chapter 8: 8.1-8.8 Textbook 1: Chapter 9: 9.1-9.4 (9.4.1, 9.4.2)

Module-5

Virtual Memory Management: Background; Demand paging; Copy-on-write; Page replacement;

File System Interface: File concept; Access methods; Directory Structure, Protection, File System Implementation: File System Structure, File System Operations,

File System Internals: File Systems, File System Mounting; Partition and Mounting, File sharing;

Textbook 1: Chapter 10: 10.1-10.3, 10.4 (10.4.1, 10.4.2, 10.4.4.) Chapter 13: 13.1, 13.2, 13.3 (13.3.1, 13.3.2, 13.3.3), 13.4 (13.4.1, 13.4.2) Chapter 15: 15.1-15.4

Suggested Learning Resources:

Text Books:

1. Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, Greg Gagne, Operating System Principles 10th edition, Wiley-India, 2015

Reference Books

2. Ann McHoes Ida M Fylnn, Understanding Operating System, Cengage Learning, 6th Edition, 2010

3. D.M Dhamdhere, Operating Systems: A Concept Based Approach 3rd Ed, McGrawHill, 2013, P.C.P. Bhatt, An Introduction to Operating Systems: Concepts and Practice 4th Edition, PHI(EEE), 2014.

4. William Stallings Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles, 6th Edition, Pearson, 2008

Reference Books:

1. Akshay Kulkarni, Adarsha Shivananda, “Natural Language Processing Recipes - Unlocking Text Data with Machine Learning and Deep Learning using Python”, Apress, 2019.

2. T V Geetha, “Understanding Natural Language Processing – Machine Learning and Deep Learning Perspectives”, Pearson, 2024.

3. Gerald J. Kowalski and Mark.T. Maybury, “Information Storage and Retrieval systems”, Kluwer Academic Publishers.