What Is an Operating System?
The Components of a Modern Operating System.
A Look Ahead.
I. SYSTEM RESOURCES.

2. Hardware.

Memory.
Physical Memory Devices. Bytes and Words.
Addressing Memory.
Cache Memory.
The Processor.
Program Instructions.
The Processors Components.
Machine Cycles.
Microcode.
Input and Output Devices.
Secondary Storage.
Diskette.
Hard Disk.
Backup.
Other Secondary Media.
The Directory.
Linking the Components.

Hardware, Software, and Data.
Software.
Absolute and Relative Addresses.
Programming Languages.
Traditional Structured Software.
Object-Oriented Software.
Libraries.
Reentrant Code.
Data.
Data Elements.
Data Structures.
Data Files.
The Relative Record Concept.
Access Techniques.
Database Management.

Linking Internal Components.
The Bus.
Word size.
Machine Cycles.
Architectures.
Single-bus Architecture.
Interfaces.
Channels and Control Units.
Multiple-bus Architecture.
Logical and Physical I/O.
Primitives.
Open.
Accessing Data.
Networks.
Messages and Signals.
Network Types.
Network Topology.
Network Management.
II. BASIC OPERATING SYSTEM CONCEPTS.

An Operating Systems Basic Functions.
The User Interface.
The Command Processor or Shell.
The Command Language.
Batch Commands.
Device Management.
The Input/Output Control System.
Logical and Physical 1/O.
Interrupts and Device Synchronization.
The File System.
Loading a Program.
Opening and Closing Data Files.
Disk Space Management.
The Boot.
Utilities.

Memory Management.
Resident and Transient Routines.
Concurrency.
Partitions and Regions.
Segmentation.
Paging.
Segmentation and Paging.
Memory Protection.
Overlay Structures.
Virtual Memory.
Implementing Virtual Memory.
Addressing Virtual Memory.
Page Faults.
Thrashing.
Multiprogramming.
The Dispatcher.
Control Blocks.
Interrupts.
Time-sharing.
(B)Roll-in/Roll-out.
Time-slicing.
Polling.
Scheduling and Queuing.
Spooling.
Deadlock.
III. COMMUNICATING WITH THE OPERATING SYSTEM.

User Interface Functions.
Types of User Interfaces.
A Human Perspective.
Learning a User Interface.

MS-DOS.
MS-DOS Commands.
The Chapter Tutorial.
Getting Started.
Selecting the Default Drive.
Selecting the Default Drive.
The File System.
File Names.
Directories.
Subdirectories.
Path Names.
Viewing a Directory.
Viewing a Directory.
Creating Files.
Changing Directories.
Manipulating Files.
Batch Files.
Program Files.
Pipes, Filters, and Redirection.
Returning to Windows.

Windows 2000.
The User Interface.
Getting Help:
Executing a Program.
Switching Between Programs.
Maximizing and Minimizing a Window.
The Menu Bar.
Quitting a Program.
Shutting Down.
Working with the Windows File System.
Formatting a Disk.
File Names.
Directories (or Folders).
The Windows Explorer.
My Computer.
Creating Directories.
Creating Files.
Copying and Renaming Files.
Copying to a Different Folder.
Copying Multiple Files.
Copying Entire Subfolders.
Manipulating Files.
Searching for Files.
Sorting Files.
Shortcuts to Files.
Deleting Files or Folders.
Command Line Interface.
Windows Scripting Host.

UNIX.
LINUX.
The UNIX Shell.
The Chapter Tutorial.
File Names.
Logging On.
The File System.
File Names.
Directories.
Pathnames.
Creating Directories.
Changing Working Directories.
Creating Files.
Manipulating Files.
Pipes, Filters, and Redirection.
Shell Scripts.
Other Useful Commands.
Graphic User Interface.

Batch Job Control Languages.
OS/JCL.
Jobs and Job Steps.
Cataloged Procedures.
JCL Statement Format.
JOB Statements.
Accounting Information.
The Programmer Name.
The CLASS Parameter.
The TIME Parameter.
The REGION Parameter.
The MSGLEVEL Parameter.
Defaults.
Other JOB Parameters.
Continuing a JCL Statement.
EXEC Statements.
The COND Parameter.
Other EXEC Parameters.

External Device Linkage.
Data Control Blocks.
DD Statements.
Unit Record Hardware.
The UNIT Parameter.
The DCB Parameter.
Magnetic Disk.
UNIT and DCB.
The DISP Parameter.
The DSNAME Parameter.
The VOLUME Parameter.
The SPACE Parameter.
Some Examples.
Magnetic Tape.
System Input and Output.
Job Step Qualification.
Libraries.
A Complete Job.
IV. OPERATING SYSTEM INTERNALS.

Introduction.
Architecture Overview.
Registers.
Intel Execution Environment.
Execution Mode.
Memory Addressing.
Memory Models.
Descriptors.
Address Translation.
Paging.
Memory Protection.
Limit Checking.
Type Checking.
Privilege Levels.
Switching to a Higher Privilege.
Task Management.
Interrupt Handling.
Interrupt Types.
Multiprocessor Management.
System Memory Coherency.
Cache Consistency.
APIC.

Evaluating an Operating System.
Measures of Effectiveness.
System Objectives.
Microcomputer Operating Systems.
MS-DOS Internals.
The Shell.
Accessing Peripherals.
The File System.
Interrupt Processing.
Booting MS-DOS.
Running MS-DOS.

Windows 2000.
Modules, Processes, and Threads.
Client/Server Mode.
Windows 2000 Architecture.
User Mode.
Kernel Mode.
Process Management.
Multithreading.
Multitasking.
Multiprocessing.
Memory Management.
Paging.
Address Translation.
Disk Management.
File Management.
NTFS.
File System Recovery.
Input Output Manager.
Caching.
The Registry.

The UNIX System.
Images and Processes.
Process Creation.
Initialization.
Process Management.
The Shell.
Time-slicing and Interrupts.
Memory Management.
Swapping (or Paging).
Memory Space and Reentrant Code.
The File System.
Accessing Disk Files.
Managing Disk Space.
Buffering.
UNIX Internals.
Linux.
The Linux Kernel.
Linux Processes.
The Linux File System.

The Hardware Environment.
Addressing Memory.
The Program Status Word.
Executing Instructions.
Instruction Length.
The Condition Code.
Memory Protection.
Controlling Physical 1/O.
Privileged Instructions.
Interrupts.
Interrupt Types.
Permanent Storage Assignments.
Masking Interrupts.
Interrupt Priority.
Program States.
An Example.

Traditional IBM Mainframe Operating Systems.
Virtual Memory Contents.
Job and Task Management.
The Master Scheduler.
The Job Entry Subsystem.
The Initiator/Terminator.
Task Management.
Control Blocks.
Dispatching.
Allocating Peripheral Devices.
The Unit Control Block.
The Task Input/Output Table.
The DCB and the DEB.
Open.
Linking 1/O Control Blocks.
Data Management.
System Generation.

The Virtual Machine Concept.
VM/SP.
VMs Structure.
CMS.
The Control Program (CP).
Processor Management.
Memory Management.
Managing Peripheral Devices.
Principles of Operation.
Advantages and Disadvantages.
V. NETWORKS.

Introduction.
Communications Architecture.
OSI Model.
TCP/IP Protocol.
Client/Server Systems.
Network Operating Systems.
Middleware.
Traditional Services.
File Services.
Print Services.
E-mail Services.
Emerging Network Operating System Services.
Directory Services (DFS).
Application Services.
Database Services.
Intemet/Intranet Services.
Management Services.

In progress.

In progress.

Number Systems.
Binary Numbers.
Octal and Hexadecimal.
Data Types.
Numeric Data.
String Data.

General.
Selected Commands.
Selected Filters.

General.
Commands and Utilities.