Introduction to Operating Systems

Garant předmětu:

Zdeněk Čulík

Lecturer:

Zdeněk Čulík

Tutor:

Supervisor:

Department of Mathematics

Synopsis:

Introduction to structure of operating systems. Processes, thread, memory management. Synchronization of

multi-threaded applications. Memory mapped files.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Introduction to operating systems (kernel structure, security)

2. Processes and threads (creation and termination of processes and threads, thread scheduling and priority).

3. Thread synchronization (critical sections, semaphores)

4. Memory management (virtual memory, memory mapped files)

5. Operating system kernel

6. Drivers of peripheral devices

5. Introduction to distributed systems (RPC - remote procedure call)

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Study materials:

Key references:

[1] A. S. Tanenbaum: Modern Operating Systems, 4th Edition, Pearson, 2016.

[2] W. Stallings: Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles, 9th Edition, Pearson, 2017.

[3] K.C. Wang: Systems Programming in Unix/Linux, Springer, 2019.

Recommended references:

[4] J. M. Hart: Windows System Programming, 4th Edition, Addison-Wesley, 2015.

[5] A. Rubini, J. Corbet: Linux Device Drivers, 3rd Edition, O'Reilly, 2005.

[6] D. Bovet, M. Cesati, A. Oram: Understanding the Linux Kernel, 3rd Edition, O'Reilly, 2005.

Note:

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The course is a part of the following study plans: