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W. Stallings, Operating Systems Internal and Design Principles, Pearson International Edition Operating System Overview

The document provides an overview of operating system objectives, functions, and evolution: [1] An operating system acts as an interface between application programs and computer hardware, with objectives of convenience, efficiency, and ability to evolve without disrupting services. [2] Early systems involved direct user interaction with hardware, while batch systems later automated processing through job scheduling. [3] Modern operating systems use multitasking to enable concurrent execution of processes and efficient use of resources through techniques like memory management and scheduling algorithms.

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W. Stallings, Operating Systems Internal and Design Principles, Pearson International Edition Operating System Overview

The document provides an overview of operating system objectives, functions, and evolution: [1] An operating system acts as an interface between application programs and computer hardware, with objectives of convenience, efficiency, and ability to evolve without disrupting services. [2] Early systems involved direct user interaction with hardware, while batch systems later automated processing through job scheduling. [3] Modern operating systems use multitasking to enable concurrent execution of processes and efficient use of resources through techniques like memory management and scheduling algorithms.

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W. Stallings, Operating Systems Internal and Design Principles,


Pearson International Edition

Operating System Overview (chapter 2)

OPERATING SYSTEM OBJECTIVE AND FUNCTIONS

Operating System
• a program that controls the execution of application programs
• an interface between applications and the computer hardware

OS objectives
• convenience: make the computer more convenient to use
• efficiency: allows computer system resources to be used in an efficient manner
• ability to evolve: permits the effective development, testing, and introduction of
new system functions without interfering with service

Reasons why an OS evolves


• hardware upgrade plus new types of hardware
• new services
• fixes

Service provided by the OS


• program execution
• access I/O devices
• controlled access to files
• system access (controls access to the system and to specific system resources)
• memory management
• error detection and response (hardware errors, such as memory error, device
failure, malfunction, and software errors, such as division by zero, access
forbidden memory locations)
• accounting (collect usage statistics, monitor performance)
• program development (utility programs - editors and debuggers - to assist the
programmer in creating programs)
• network support
EVOLUTION OF OPERATING SYSTEM

Serial Processing (from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s)


the programmer interacted directly with the computer hardware; there was no OS; the
computers were run from a console with display lights, toggle switches, input device –
e.g. a card reader - and printer; the users had access to the computer in series.

Simple Batch Systems (from the mid-1950s)


a software, known as the monitor, controls the sequence of events; the user does not
have direct access to processor, but submits the job on cards or tape to a computer
operator who batches the jobs together and places the entire batch on an input device,
for use by the monitor; each job branches back to the monitor when it completes. With
each job, instructions are included in a primitive form of job control language, used to
provide instructions to the monitor (what compiler to use, what data to use, etc.).

New hardware features:


• timer: a single job must not monopolize the system;
• interrupts: OS can relinquish control to and regain control from user programs;
• privileged instructions: certain machine level instructions can be executed
only by the monitor;
• memory protection: a user program must not alter memory area containing the
monitor.

New concept of modes of operations:


• user program executes in user mode: certain areas of memory are protected,
certain instructions may not be executed;
• monitor executes in system mode: privileged instructions may be executed,
protected areas of memory may be accessed.

With uniprogramming, the processor is often idle: the problem is that I/O devices are
slow compared to the processor.

Multiprogrammed Batch Systems


the central theme of modern OS is multitasking: if there is enough memory to hold
the OS and two, three or more user programs, when one job needs to wait for I/O, the
processor can switch to the other job.

New hardware features:


• I/O interrupts
• DMA (direct memory access)

New concepts:
• memory management
• algorithm for scheduling

Time-Sharing Systems
multiprogramming is used to handle multiple batch jobs and multiple interactive jobs.
The processor time is shared among multiple users, which simultaneously access the
system through terminals.

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