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by IM Flynn · 2013 · Cited by 12 — Lecture #1: Basic concepts of O/S. Written by David Goodwin based on the lecture series of Dr. Dayou Li and the book Understanding Operating Systems 4thed.
UNIT I: Operating System Introduction: Operating Systems Objectives and functions, Computer System Architecture, OS. Structure, OS Operations, Evolution of ...
Computer Architecture is the design of abstraction layers What do abstraction layers provide? Environmental stability within generation Environmental stability across generations Consistency across a large number of units What are the consequences? Encouragement to create reusable foundations: Toolchains, operating systems, libraries
Slides built from Prof. Adam Bates. Chapters available online for FREE! ○ Each lecture will have linked readings from the text. within a real operating system
Course Goal 2: “Under the Hood” Help you learn what happens “under the hood” of computer systems
- All assignments, handouts, lecture notes on-line. • Textbook: Operating System Concepts, 8th Edition, by Silberschatz, Galvin, and Gagne.
What is an operating system? • Layer between applications and hardware. Operating System. Hardware: CPU, Memory and Devices emacs.
An operating system (OS) is software, which acts as an intermediary between the user of a computer system and the computer hardware (Figure 1).
All activities in this course are based on them. – the reading has been chosen introduce them. – the lectures are designed to reinforce them.
