Operating Systems

  • 23/7/2023
  • One-minute read

This is my notes for operating systems. In this post, I will cover the following contents:

  • OS purposes: resource management and the extended virtual computer; historical development.
  • Processes: critical sections and mutual exclusion, semaphores, monitors, classical problems, deadlock; process scheduling.
  • Input and Output: hardware and software control.
  • Memory management: multi-programming; swapping; virtual memory, paging and symbolic segmentation.
  • File System: operations, implementation, performance.
  • Operating System Security and Protection mechanisms: protection domains, access lists, capability systems, principle of minimum privilege, security threats and attacks, encryption, and authentication.

Operating SystemsNotes