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Chapter 1 Introduction To Operating System

Introduction To Operating System

Upon completion of this chapter, students should be able to:

1.1 Understand Terms and Concepts of Operating System (CLO 1)


1.1.1 Describe history of operating system:

a. 1st generation – vacuum tubes & plug boards
b. 2nd generation – transistors & batch systems
c. 3rd generation – ICs & multi-programming
d. 4th generation – personal computers

1.1.2 Describe various types of operating systems: 

a. Batch operating system
b. Multi-programming operating system
c. Distributed operating system

1.1.3 Identify various products of operating system: Windows, Linux, Mac, Sun and etc

1.1.4 Identify the various versions of operating system product.  

1.1.5 Identify hardware compatibility and minimum requirement for installation of a particular operating system. 

1.1.6 Identify open source and closed source operating systems

1.1.7 Explain what a shell program is: menu-driven system, fully graphical user interface 

1.1.8 Explain network operating system. 

1.1.9 Explain the following terminologies in relation to operating system:

a. Cooperative multitasking
b. Preemptive multitasking
c. Multi-threading

1.1.10 Describe the following operating system structure:

a. Monolithic system
b. Layered system
c. Virtual machines
d. Client-server model

1.1.11 Identify three major subsystem of operating system

a. Process management
b. File management
c. Memory management

1.2 Understand The Interface Between Operating Systems and its application Programs (System Calls) (CLO 1)

1.2.1 Describe system calls for the following:

a. Process management
b. Signaling
c. File management
d. Directory management
e. Protection
f. Time management
g. Multi-core management (smp – simultaneous multiprocessing)
h. Multi-threading

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