📚 Course Overview
This comprehensive course covers operating system design, implementation, and management. Students will learn fundamental OS concepts and gain hands-on experience with system programming.
- OS Architecture & System Calls
- Process Management & Scheduling
- Memory Management & Virtual Memory
- File Systems & Storage Management
- I/O Management & Device Drivers
- Security & Protection Mechanisms
🎯 Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Understand core OS principles and design
- Implement system-level programs
- Analyze system performance and optimization
- Design synchronization and concurrency solutions
- Manage system resources effectively
- Implement basic OS components
💼 Laboratory Work
Practical programming and system administration:
- Linux Commands & Shell Programming
- Process Creation & Management
- CPU Scheduling Algorithm Simulation
- Memory Management Implementation
- File System Operations
- System Programming with C
- Device Driver Development
📊 Assessment Methods
Your understanding will be evaluated through:
- Programming Assignments (30%)
- Laboratory Exercises (25%)
- Mid-term Examination (20%)
- Final Project (15%)
- Quizzes & Participation (10%)
🛠️ Development Environment
Tools and platforms for system programming:
- Linux (Ubuntu/CentOS) Virtual Machines
- GCC Compiler & GDB Debugger
- System Call Interface & Libraries
- Virtual Machine Monitors
- Performance Analysis Tools
- Version Control with Git
📖 Reference Materials
- Operating System Concepts by Silberschatz
- Modern Operating Systems by Tanenbaum
- Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces
- Linux Kernel Development by Love
- Advanced Programming in UNIX Environment
🚀 System Programming Example
Sample process creation and synchronization in C
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <pthread.h>
int main() {
pid_t pid = fork();
if (pid == 0) {
// Child process
printf("Child process: PID = %d\n", getpid());
execl("/bin/ls", "ls", "-l", NULL);
} else if (pid > 0) {
// Parent process
printf("Parent process: PID = %d\n", getpid());
wait(NULL); // Wait for child
} else {
perror("Fork failed");
}
return 0;
}