Introduction to operating systems covering computer system architecture, OS role as middleware, virtualization, concurrency, persistence, processes, memory images, CPU virtualization, isolation, privilege levels, system calls, interrupts, and I/O devices with device drivers.
Introduction to Operating Systems
An introduction to operating systems focusing on their role as system software managing hardware, process management, memory management, IO, and system calls. It discusses OS architectures like monolithic kernels and microkernels and the need for OS in convenience, security, and resource usage efficiency.