Duration: 26 hours (18 theory hours + 8 lab hours)

Objective: To introduce Operating System concepts with Linux environment, and to learn Shell Programming.

Prerequisites: Knowledge of computer fundamentals

Evaluation: 35 marks (CCEE: 15 + Lab exam: 10 + Internals: 10)

Text Books:

• Operating Systems Principles by Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Galvin & Greg Gagne / Wiley
• Unix Concepts and Applications by Sumitabha Das / McGraw HillReferences:
• Modern Operating Systems by Andrew Tanenbaum & Herbert Bos / Pearson
• Principles of Operating Systems by Naresh Chauhan / Oxford University Press
• Beginning Linux Programming by Neil Matthew & Richard Stones / Wrox
• Operating System: A Design-Oriented Approach by Charles Crowley / McGraw Hill**(Note: Each Session is of 2 hours)**

Session 1: Introduction to OS

Lecture:

• What is OS; How is it different from other application software; Why is it hardware dependent?
• Different components of OS
• Basic computer organization required for OS.
• Examples of well-known OS including mobile OS, embedded system OS, Real Time OS, desktop OS server machine OS etc.; How are these different from each other and why
• Functions of OS
• User and Kernel space and mode; Interrupts and system calls

No Lab