PART-A

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.

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

Deadlocks, Prevention, Detection and Recovery.

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.

PART-B

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

Role of I/O traffic controller, scheduler.

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

Systems, Protection and Security.

6. Brief study to multiprocessor and distributed operating systems.

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