Operating Systems by Ding Yuan
This lecture note discusses the principles in the design and implementation of operating systems software. Topics covered includes: Introduction to operating systems concepts, process management, memory management, file systems for both hard drive and SSD, virtualization, and distributed operating systems. The laboratory exercises will require implementing a simple, but functional operating system from ground up.
Author(s): Ding Yuan , University Of Toronto
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
Operating Systems by Steven Hand
This note aims to explain the structure and functions of an operating system, and illustrate the key operating system aspects. Topics covered includes: Introduction to Operating Systems, Processes and Scheduling, Memory Management, I/O and Device Management, Protection, Filing Systems, Case Study: Unix and Windows NT.
Author(s): Steven Hand
168 Pages
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 explains the following topics: Processes, Fault tolerance, Communication, Synchronization - general purpose algorithms, synchronization in databases, Consistency and replication, Naming, Security, Cluster systems, Grid systems and Cloud computing.
Author(s): Adam Kozakiewicz
NA Pages
Operating Systems Lecture Notes by Shri Vishnu Engineering College for Women
This lecture note covers the following topics: Computer System And Operating System , Process Management, Concurrency, Memory Management, Virtual Memory, Principles Of Deadlock, File System Interface, Mass-storage Structure.
Author(s): Shri Vishnu Engineering College for Women
119 Pages
Principles of Operating Systems
This note explains the principles and concepts of operating systems, including processes, threads, scheduling, synchronization, memory management, file systems, and I/O systems are covered.
Author(s): Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, University of California, Irvine
NA Pages
Operating Systems Three Easy Pieces
This book is centered around three conceptual pieces that are fundamental to operating systems: virtualization, concurrency, and persistence.
Author(s): Remzi H. Arpaci Dusseau and Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau
NA Pages
Operating Systems Lecture Notes Barton Miller
This contains nice notes on operating systems which covers: Processes, Synchronization, and Scheduling, Introduction to Processes, Dispatching and Creating Processes, Entering and Exiting the Kernel, Independent and Cooperating Processes, Synchronization, The Too Much Milk Problem, Semaphores and Producer/Consumer Problem, Semaphore Example: Readers and Writers, Monitors, Message Systems, Semaphore Implementation, Scheduling and CPU Scheduling, Deadlock, Memory Management and Virtual Memory, Storage Allocation, Sharing Main Memory, Base and Bounds, Segmentation, Paging, Translation Buffers and Inverted Page Tables, Virtual Memory, Page Faults, Page Selection and Replacement, Clock Algorithm, Thrashing, Working Sets, Virtual Machines (PDF file), I/O and File Systems, Files, Disk Management, Unix and DEMOS Disk Allocation, Directories, Windows (NT) File System, File System Crash Recovery, Disk Scheduling, Protection and Security, Protection and Security, Security Abuses, Security Improvements and Encryption
Author(s): Barton Miller, University of Wisconsin-Madison
NA Pages
Operating System (by Dang Van Duc, et al)
This book contains the following topics: Introduction into Operating system, Operating System on PC, Operating System Essential, C Programming language, Disk Operating System (DOS), Keyboard and Mouse Input, Video Display, Printer and Serial Port, File Management, Windows 98 Architecture, Windows NT 4.0.
Author(s): NA
NA Pages
Implementing CIFS The Common Internet File System (Christopher R. Herte)
This is an Internet Book describing the CIFS protocol suite. Topics covered includes: NetBIOS over TCP/IP, SMB: The Server Message Block Protocol and Browse Service.
Author(s): Christopher R. Herte
NA Pages
