Lecture 1 (2009-02-10)
Introduction
Introduction to the course, Introduction to Computer Systems and Operating Systems

Introduction to operating systems concepts. The operating system as a resource manager. Command languages. Job management and job scheduling. Process management. Memory management, virtual memory, and paging. Interrupt structures and interrupt processing. Message-driven systems and data management. Device management, I/O systems, and I/O processing. Examples of operating systems such as MS-DOS, UNIX.