Operating system

Operating systems provide an interface between software applications and computer hardware, and consist of a kernel and any libraries required for applications to run. They follow three core principles: virtualisation, concurrency, and data persistence.

Sub-pages

• Kernel
  • Syscall
• Virtualisation
  • Virtual memory
  • Process
    • Inter-process communication
  • File descriptor
• Filesystem
• Common operating systems
  • Windows
  • UNIX-based, like macOS
  • Linux

Resources

• Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces, by Remzi and Andrea Arpaci-Dusseau
• Lectures on Operating Systems, by Mythili Vutukuru at IIT Bombay

See also

• ECE344 — Operating Systems