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Operating System: Interview Prep - Online - Coding Blocks

The document discusses the key components and functions of an operating system including the kernel, hardware drivers, system utilities, interrupt handling, memory management, and memory hierarchy. It also compares different types of computer memory.

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Operating System: Interview Prep - Online - Coding Blocks

The document discusses the key components and functions of an operating system including the kernel, hardware drivers, system utilities, interrupt handling, memory management, and memory hierarchy. It also compares different types of computer memory.

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OPERATING

SYSTEM
Interview Prep | Online | Coding Blocks
What is an operating System ?

■ Just another software


■ Directly runs on the hardware
■ Controls Process scheduling, memory management and I/O,
■ Provides a platform for applications to run on it

© 2018 Coding Blocks, Arnav Gupta


Components of OS

■ Kernel
■ Hardware Drivers
■ System Utilities

© 2018 Coding Blocks, Arnav Gupta


© 2018 Coding Blocks, Arnav Gupta | Fig from Operating System Concepts
INTERRUPT
DRIVEN
OPERATION

© 2018 Coding Blocks, Arnav Gupta


Interrupt

■ Event that needs immediate operation


■ Current state is saved, process is paused, and interrupt is
handled
■ After interrupt is handled, pre-existing process is resumed
■ Interrupts are handled priority-wise

© 2018 Coding Blocks, Arnav Gupta


DUAL MODE OPERATION
© 2018 Coding Blocks, Arnav Gupta
MEMORY
MANAGEMENT

© 2018 Coding Blocks, Arnav Gupta


MEMORY
HIERARCHY

© 2018 Coding Blocks, Arnav Gupta


Comparison of Memory Devices

© 2018 Coding Blocks, Arnav Gupta

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