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