Operating System

ABOUT THE BOOK:- Operating Systems is a core subject which explains how the user is able to interact with the hardware. An operating system is a set of programs or system software which is the bridge between the user and the hardware. The book OPERATING SYTEMS has been written for MCA 1st year students of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University. The book has been written according to the syllabus of the subject Operating Systems and concepts have been explained well through the help of examples and diagrams. The book contains Introduction to operating systems, process synchronization, inter process communication, CPU scheduling, memory management and i/O management. The book will be beneficial to students of other universities as well who are studying this subject. ABOUT THE AUTHOR:- Archana Verma is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Applications in Noida Institute of Engineering and Technology, an Autonomous Institute. She has taught B.Tech, M.Tech and MCA students for last 20 years. She worked with TCS for 6 years prior to that. She obtained Master of Information Science Degree in June 1995 from University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia. MCA from Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak in June 2004 and M.Tech (Computer Science Engineering) from Amity University, Noida in June 2013. She has written three books, “Unix and Shell Programming”, “Bioinformatics” and “Database Management Systems”. She is a dedicated teacher and loves her profession. She likes to share her knowledge with students through writing books. CONTENTS Preface . 9 Acknowledgements . 11 1. Introduction to Operating Systems . 13 2. Process Synchronization . 43 3. Interprocess Communication . 71 4. The Central Processing Unit . 85 5. Deadlocks . 121 6. Memory Management . 143 7. Input Output Management . 183 Index . 217 The Title 'Operating System written/authored/edited by Archana Verma', published in the year 2022. The ISBN 9789353249496 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 220 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Kalpaz Publications. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Computer Science. Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-