Introduction to Operating Systems

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Forking Processes: Practical Examples and Execution Flow

Covers the fork system call in operating systems through three practical examples, illustrating process management and execution flow.

Operating Systems: The Illusion of Resources

Explains how operating systems create the illusion of dedicated and infinite resources through virtualization and process abstraction.

Shell Redirection: Understanding Process Management

Covers how the shell manages processes and demonstrates output redirection in UNIX-like systems.

Threads: Concurrency and Parallelism in Computer Systems

Covers the thread abstraction in computer systems, focusing on concurrency, parallelism, and the management of threads using the POSIX API.

Device Management in Operating Systems: Chaperones and Persistence

Discusses device management in operating systems, focusing on device drivers, persistence, and performance optimization techniques.

Scheduling Mechanisms: Context Switching and Policies

Explains the mechanisms and policies of operating system scheduling, focusing on context switching and preemption.

Scalable Synchronization Mechanisms for Manycore Operating Systems

Explores scalable synchronization mechanisms for many-core operating systems, focusing on the challenges of handling data growth and regressions in OS.

Operating Systems: The Role of Glue Services

Covers the role of operating systems as glue services that simplify application design and enhance resource management.

Variety Defined as the Closure of VCA

Explores the concept of variety defined as the closure of VCA and its applications in algebraic geometry.

Locking

Explores the concept of locking for mutual exclusion in OS, covering race conditions, parallelism, atomic instructions, deadlock prevention, and best practices.