OPERATING SYSTEMS Important Units & Check List
Choose: Units I, II, III, IV, VII and VIII (1, 2,3,4,7 and 8)
Unit I - Operating System Overview
Check List after study
* Interrupts
* Memory hierarchy
* Communication techniques
* Operating System Objectives
Unit II - Process Description
Check List after study
* Process Control
* Process States
* Process and Threats
* Process description and Control
Unit III - Concurrency
Check List after study
* Principles of Concurrency
* Semaphores and Monitors
* Readers Writers Problem
Unit IV - Principles of deadlock
Check List after study
* Deadlock prevention
* Deadlock detection and avoidance
* dining philosophers problem
Unit VII - File Management and Security
Check List after study
* File organization and access
* Record blocking
* Secondary Storage Management
Unit VIII - Security
Check List after study
* Security threats
* Intruders
* Viruses