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MSC Semester I - Operating Systems
Updated on Sep, 2026
IT and Software , Operating Systems and Servers, Operating Systems
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Introduction: Computer-System Architecture, Operating-System Structure, Operating-System
Operations, Process Management, Memory Management, Storage Management, ProtectionSecurity, Kernel Data Structures, Computing Environments, Open-Source Operating Systems.
Operating-System Structures: Operating-System Services, User Interface for OperatingSystem(CLI and GUI), System Calls, Types of System Calls(fork, exec, wait, kill, exit).
Process Management: Process Concept, Process Scheduling, Operations on Processes (Process
creation-fork system call, process termination), Inter Process Communication, Types of IPC(Shared
memory, message passing, signals, socket, pipes) Zombie and orphan processes.
Threads: Overview, Multithreading Models, Threading Issues.
Process Synchronization: Concept, Critical-Section Problem, Peterson’s Solution,
Synchronization, Classic Problems of Synchronization, Semaphores, Monitors.
CPU Scheduling: Concepts, Scheduling Criteria, Scheduling Algorithms, Thread Scheduling,
Real-Time CPU Scheduling, Algorithm Evaluation.
Deadlocks: System Model, Deadlock Characterization, Methods for Handling Deadlocks,
Deadlock Prevention, Deadlock Avoidance, Deadlock Detection, Recovery from Deadlock.
Memory Management: Main Memory, Swapping, Contiguous Memory Allocation, Segmentation,
Paging, Structure of the Page Table. Virtual Memory: Demand Paging, Page Replacement,
Allocation of Frames, Thrashing.
Mass-Storage Structure: Overview, Disk Structure, Disk Scheduling, Disk Management, SwapSpace Management, RAID Structure.
File Systems: File Concept, Access Methods, Directory and Disk Structure, File -System
Mounting, Protection. File-System Structure and Implementation, Directory Implementation,
Allocation Methods, Free-Space Management, Recovery, Network File System.
Advanced Operating System- Basics of Network Operating System, Server Operating System and
Real Time Operating System, Mobile OS – iOS and Android – Architecture, Versions and SDK
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