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<p>Created page with &quot;== Notes == * Monolithic vs microkernels, with examples * Bootstrapping process * Processes * Context switching * Threads and multithreading * User and kernel threads * Threa...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Notes ==<br /> <br /> * Monolithic vs microkernels, with examples<br /> * Bootstrapping process<br /> * Processes<br /> * Context switching<br /> * Threads and multithreading<br /> * User and kernel threads<br /> * Thread pools and their benefits<br /> * Signals: default and user-defined handlers<br /> * Scheduling: co-operative (Windows 3.x) or pre-emptive<br /> * Dispatcher and dispatch latency<br /> * Scheduling algorithms<br /> * Processor affinity<br /> * Starvation and aging in relation to process scheduling<br /> * Syncronisation and race conditions<br /> * Critical sections<br /> * Locking and deadlocks<br /> * Mutex locks and spinlocks<br /> * Semaphores<br /> * Dining philosophers problem<br /> * Memory management<br /> * Registers<br /> * Logical and physical addresses<br /> * Memory management unit<br /> * Swapping<br /> * Memory protection<br /> * Memory fragmentation - internal and external<br /> * Paging, page tables<br /> * Page Address Extensions<br /> * Virtual memory<br /> * Demand paging and lazy swapping<br /> * Page faults<br /> * Dirty bits<br /> * Page replacement algorithms<br /> * What is an operating system?<br /> * (Brief) history of operating systems<br /> * Page sizes - reasons for small vs large + compromise<br /> * Filesystems<br /> * File blocks and internal fragmentation</div>

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