The fundamental course "CS604", "Operating Systems," examines the ideas, features, and parts of contemporary operating systems. This intermediate-level course gives students a thorough understanding of how operating systems control computer hardware resources and make software programs run more smoothly.
Fundamental ideas of operating systems, including as input/output (I/O) management, memory management, file systems, and process management, are covered in depth in CS604. The underlying workings and algorithms that operating systems employ to manage and coordinate the execution of programs and the distribution of resources are explored by students as they set out on this adventure.
Process management, which includes the development, scheduling, and synchronization of activities or processes operating on a computer system, is one of the main topics covered in CS 604. Process states, context switching, scheduling algorithms (such FCFS, SJF, and Round Robin), and inter-process communication mechanisms (including pipes, shared memory, and message forwarding) are among the topics covered in the curriculum for students.
Another crucial element of CS604 is memory management. Students investigate how operating systems effectively distribute memory to active processes by managing both physical and virtual memory resources. They gain knowledge of address translation, memory segmentation, paging, memory hierarchies, and methods for controlling memory allocation and fragmentation, including paging and segmentation.
To organize and retrieve data from secondary storage devices like SSDs and hard drives, file systems are necessary. File system architecture, file organization, directory structures, file operations, and file system implementation strategies are among the topics covered in CS 604. They also go over ideas like file properties, file permissions, and file system recovery and dependability.
For the computer system to communicate with its external devices such as keyboards, mouse, displays, and storage devices input/output (I/O) management is essential. I/O scheduling algorithms, device drivers, interrupt handling, and device controllers are among the topics covered in the curriculum for students. They also look at ways to enhance I/O performance, like asynchronous I/O, caching, and buffering.
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