Combined 2nd and 3rd year Syllabus

Silberschatz and Galvin, Chapters:

• 1-3 (Intro).

• 4-7 (Processes).
  Skip:
  • In 4, Interprocess communication to end of chapter.
  • In 5, Multi-level queues to end.
  • In 6, Classical Problems of Synchronization to end.
  • In 7, Recovery from Deadlock to end.

• 8-9 (Memory).
  Skip:
  • In 8, Segmentation to end.
  • In 9, Working Set to end.

• 10-11 (Files).

• 15 (Networks).
  Skip:
  • Contention to end.

• 20 (Security).

• And 21 (UNIX) throughout.

Plus my online notes.

Silberschatz notes

• Operating System Concepts by Silberschatz and Galvin (and here)
  • resources (and here)
  • slides

• How to read different formats