Introduction to Operating Systems
 

• What is an Operating System ?
• Why do you need it ?
• Brief history of OS evolution
• What are the factors responsible for evolution of an operating system ?
• In what ways does one operating system differ from another ?
• What are the common elements in operating systems and why are they common ?
• Abstractions in operating systems for real life entities.
• How do programs interact with an operating system ?
• Place the subjects you learnt till now in your curriculum in our machine model