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Operating systems-CCIT

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Course:Certificate in IT

Unit:Operating systems

Major course units

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION TO OPERATING SYSTEMS

  •  Introduction to Operating System, Functions of Operating System
  • Operating System as User Interface
  •  I/O System Management
  •  Assembler, Compiler, Loader

CHAPTER TWO: Evolution of Operating Systems

  • Earliest Computers
  • Von Neumann architecture
  • Bare Hardware, Monitors, Microprocessors
  • System Calls
  • Device drivers and library functions

CHAPTER THREE: Operating-System Modes and Operations

  • Operating System Modes
  • Operating System Operations
  • Batch System, Time Sharing System
  • Multiprogramming
  • Spooling

CHAPTER FOUR: Operating System’s Process Management

  • Processes and Programs, Process State
  • Suspended Processes
  • Process Control Block
  • Process Management
  • Scheduling Queues, Process Synchronization
  • Threads and Deadlocks

CHAPTER FIVE: Memory Management

  • Introduction
  • Memory Partitioning
  • Swapping
  • Paging
  • Segmentation

CHAPTER SIX: File Management

  • File Concept, File Support, Access Methods
  • Directory Systems
  • File Protection
  • Free Space Management

CHAPTER SEVEN: Input Output Hardware

  • Principal of I/O Hardware
  • Polling, I/O Devices
  • Device Controllers
  • Direct Memory Access

CHAPTER EIGHT: INPUT/OUTPUT SOFTWARE

  • Principle of I/O Software , Application I/O Interfaced ,Interrupts
  • Clocks and Timers
  • Blocking and Non-blocking I/O
  • Kernel I/O Subsystem ,Scheduling
  • Buffering ,Caching
  • Spooling and Device Reservation ,Error Handling
  • Device Drivers