This
book covers the following topics: OS History, computer System Structures, Operating System Structures, Processes,
Interprocess Communication, Threads, Nachos, Mutual Exclusion, Semaphores,
Implementing Semaphores, Locks and CVs, Readers/Writers Problem, Non-preemptive
Scheduling, Preemptive Scheduling, Complex CPU Scheduling, Deadlock, Deadlock
Detection, Deadlock Avoidance, Static Memory Allocation, Dynamic Alloc.,
Relocation, Dynamic Reloc., Segmentation, Paging, Demand Paging, Page
Replacement, File System Operations, File System Data Structures, File System
Implementation, File System Improvement, Disk Management, Distributed Operating
Systems and Networking.
This lecture note explains important systems concepts in general. Topics covered includes, Threads and Processes, Concurrency and Synchronization, Scheduling, Virtual Memory, I O, Disks, File systems, Network file systems, Protection and Security, Virtual machines, Cutting edge topics.
The Notes by Bighnaraj Naik hence, provide a directed discussion of operating systems, beginning with their history, and various types. The paper deals with critical services to an operating system in connection with management of processes, the idea of process synchronization, indepth process management and scheduling, tools and constructs used in processing concurrency, detection of deadlocks, and prevention techniques. The paging technique and virtual memory management form the base of dynamic resource allocation techniques. File systems have also been discussed, they classified into logical and physical file systems with differences in their allocation strategies, so it has provided a profound insight into the theoretical and practical sides of the operating system.