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Operating Systems

This class was created by Brainscape user Georgios Chatzopoulos. Visit their profile to learn more about the creator.

By: Georgios Chatzopoulos
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Decks in this class (12)

Week 1: Introduction
What were the problems of the ear...,
What is an operating system,
What are the main functions of an...
5  cards
Week 2: Concepts and Structures
What is a process,
What are interrupts,
What part of the processor is res...
14  cards
Week 3: Processes (Model trafficing schedulling)
How does muti programming give th...,
What is the role of the operating...,
How must processes be executed
27  cards
Week 4: Process (Short-term schedulers)
What is the primary goal of proce...,
What happens if the operating sys...,
What are the two major classes of...
15  cards
Week 5: Process: Implementation Unix and WinNT
How does the exec system call fun...,
What does the fork system call do...,
What does the wait system call do
31  cards
Week 6: Memory Management: Fixed partitions
What does the process manager det...,
What does the memory manager dete...,
What is the first law of computing
23  cards
Week 7: Memory Management: Variable partitions
What is swapping,
Why is swapping less effective wi...,
How does variable partition multi...
21  cards
Week 8: Virtual Memory
What is the basic principle behin...,
How does the operating system han...,
What is logical address space
24  cards
Week 9: Deadlocks
What are shared resources,
What are reusable and consumable ...,
What are the three main synchroni...
12  cards
Week 10: Semaphores
What is a race condition,
How can race conditions be prevented,
What is a critical section
23  cards
Week 11: File Systems
What is a file,
What properties do files have,
What is the purpose of file names
18  cards
Week 12: Physical File Structures (Implementation DOS WINNT))
What role do hard disks play in f...,
Why are blocks important in file ...,
What layers are involved in a fil...
22  cards

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