Operating Systems Lectures
This lecture note describes the following topics: Historical background; interrupts, VMware, building kernels, VNC, Threads; signals, Linux processes and threads, Interrupts and system calls, Interprocess Communication, Deadlocks, Virtual Memory, Linux paging, File systems, Device drivers.
Author(s): Steven M. Bellovin
NA Pages 
This note covers the following topics: History of operating system, Different kinds of operating system, Operation system concepts, System Calls, Operating system structure, Processes, threads, thread model and usage, inter process communication, Scheduling, Memory Management, Memory Abstraction, Virtual Memory, page replacement algorithms, Resources, introduction to deadlocks, deadlock detection and recovery, deadlocks avoidance, deadlock prevention, Multiple processor system, multiprocessors, multi computers, principles of Input Output hardware, principles of Input Output software, Files, directories, files systems implementation, File System Management and Optimization.
Author(s): Andrew
109 Pages
Operating Systems Three Easy Pieces
This PDF covers the following topics related to Operating Systems : Introduction to Operating Systems, Virtualization, Dialogue on Virtualization, The Abstraction: The Process, Scheduling, A Dialogue on Memory Virtualization, The Abstraction: Address Spaces, Interlude: Memory API, Segmentation, Free-Space Management, Paging, The VAX/VMS Virtual Memory System, Concurrency: An Introduction, Interlude: Thread API, Locks, Lock-based Concurrent Data Structures, Condition Variables, Semaphores, Event-based Concurrency , I/O Devices, Hard Disk Drives, Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks (RAIDs), Interlude: File and Directories, File System Implementation, Locality and The Fast File System, Crash Consistency: FSCK and Journaling, Log-structured File Systems, Data Integrity and Protection, Distributed Systems, Sun&
Author(s): Remzi H. Arpaci-dusseau, Andrea C. Arpaci-dusseau, University of Wisconsin madison
643 Pages
Lecture Notes on Operating Systems by Marvin Solomon
This page covers the following topics related to Operating Systems : Notes on Java, Processes and Synchronization, Memory Management, Disks, File Systems, Protection and Security.
Author(s): Marvin Solomon
NA Pages
Introduction to Operating Systems by Dr. Mark Humphrys
This note describes the following topics: UNIX or Linux, Pipes and redirection, Text editors, Case sensitivity, Filenames and Special Characters, UNIX file protections, UNIX directory protections, Shell, Shell utilities, Search engine, PC operating systems, Server operating systems, Mobile operating systems, OS structure, Processes, Memory, Files, Windows command line.
Author(s): Dr. Mark Humphrys
NA Pages
This note deals with what operating systems are, and the context in which they operate. In particular, it emphasizes the issues of software layers and abstraction, and the interaction between the operating system and the hardware. Topics covered includes: Operating System Functionality, Background on Computer Architecture, Processes and Threads, UNIX Processes, Concurrency, Resource Contention and Deadlock, Lock-Free Programming, Memory Management, File Systems, Mechanics of Disk Access, Crosscutting Issues, SMPs and Multicore, Operating System Structure, Performance Evaluation, Communication and Distributed Systems.
Author(s): Dror G. Feitelson
312 Pages
Principles of Operating Systems Lecture Notes
Principles and concepts operating systems, including processes, threads, scheduling, synchronization, memory management, file systems, and I/O systems are covered.
Author(s): University of California
NA Pages
Operating Systems Lecture notes Worcester Polytechnic Institute
This note covers the following topics: Introduction to concurrency, Processes and Threads, Interprocess communication and synchronization, Virtual Memory and Paging, Page Replacement algorithms, Caches and principles of caching, Design and Implementation issues, I/O hardware, I/O software and drivers, User interface support.
Author(s): Worcester Polytechnic Institute
NA Pages
Operating Systems Lecture Notes
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.
Author(s): Paul A. Farrell
NA Pages
A Short Introduction to Operating Systems (M. Burgess)
This book covers the following topics: What is an operating system, Single-task OS, Multi-tasking and multi-user OS, Processes and Thread, Memory and storage, Networks: Services and protocols, TCP/IP Networks and Security: design considerations.
Author(s): M. Burgess
NA Pages
Programming the Be Operating System (Dan Sydow)
This book covers the following topics: BeOS Programming Overview, BeIDE Projects, BeOS API Overview, Windows, Views, and Messages, Controls and Messages, Menus, Messages and Threads, Files.
Author(s): Dan Parks Sydow
NA Pages
