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.

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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.