SS (MCA 4th)

Section A

Introduction to software processors; elements of assemble language programming; assembly

scheme; single pass and two pass assembler; general design procedure of a two pass assembler

Software Tools: Text editor and its design.

Section B

Macros and microprocessor: macro definition, macro expansion, Nested macro calls, features of

macro facility, design of a macro preprocessor.

Interpreters: use of interpreter, pure and impure interpreter

Loaders: Compile and go loader, Absolute loader, Relocating loader, and direct linking loader.

Section C

Compilers: Aspects of compilation, lexical analysis, syntax analysis, memory allocation, compilation

of expressions; intermediate code for expressions, compilation of control structures, Code

optimization – local and global optimization. Linkers – translated linked and load time addresses,

relocation and linking concepts. Design of a linker, self relocating programs.

Section D

Basic concept so f an operating system and its functions.

Memory management: contiguous, non-contiguous memory allocation, Paged allocation, Demand

paged allocation, segmented paged allocation.

Processor management: Scheduler, traffic controller, race condition.

Information management: Structure and features of file systems, objectives of segmented

environment