Module: OS Overview and Structures

The kernel, user mode, interfaces, system calls.

Learning Outcomes

Understand the role of and design options for Operating Systems, in the context of past and current such systems.

The big picture, the kernel, kernel- vs. user-mode

Lecture notes

Operating Systems Concepts, Chapter 1

Reading

Features, interfaces, system calls, design options

Lecture notes

Operating System Concepts, Chapter 2

Reading