1. Introduction to Operating system, Role of Operating System as resource manager, function of kernel and

shell, operating system structures, views of an operating system. [5]

2. Process management: CPU scheduling, Scheduling Algorithms, PCB, Process synchronization, Deadlocks,

Prevention, Detection and Recovery [5]

3. Memory Management: Overlays, Memory management policies, Fragmentation and its types, Partitioned

memory managements, Paging, Segmentation, Need of Virtual memories, Page replacement Algorithms,

Concept of Thrashing [8]

4. Device Management: I/O system and secondary storage structure, Device management policies, Role of

I/O traffic controller, scheduler [5]

5. File Management: File System Architecture, Layered Architecture, Physical and Logical File Systems,

Protection and Security: [5]

6. Brief study to multiprocessor and distributed operating systems. [4]

7. Case Studies: LINUX / UNIX Operating System and Windows based operating systems. Recent trends

in operating system.