Operating Systems (OS) : (IMIT-2205)

ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management
Gwalior
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Operating Systems (OS)

(IMIT-2205)
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Instructor – Dr. Sunil Kumar
Office – 206, F‐Block (V), Tel No – 0751‐2449710 (O), Email ‐ [email protected]
Mob ‐ 8472842090
Operating System
 What is an Operating System (OS)?
 Why do we require OS?
 Can we thing a computer without OS?
 Let us consider a situation where a user wants to create a document in MS Word

Office.
Execution of a program with/without of an Operating
System (OS)
 We know that the MS-Office is installed in secondary storage (hard disk)
of a computer.
 To execute any application programs, it is important to bring the
application program to the main memory (RAM).
 However, a user does not write a program to load the application to the
main memory. He / She clicks on MS-Word icon, and it gets automatically
loaded in main memory.
 Operating system (OS) does your job here (system program).

Execution of a program with/without of an Operating
System (OS)
 Now, let us consider, you have completed your document, and you want
to see it on computer screen.
 Here again, you need to write a program which can control display drive
unit. The position / color / and many more things need to be controlled
before the document is displayed on display device.
 However, we all know that we do not do all the above tedious tasks.
 All these tasks are done by the Operating system. Hence, OS is an

important component of any system.
With/without of an Operating System (OS) :
Conclusions
 If you thing a computer without OS, we need to write many system
programs which can interact with the hardware devices.
 Generally, low-level language (assembly language) is used to access
hardware components.
 More importantly, such programs have to be written for each and every
applications.
 Also, if several programs are simultaneously running on a system then
we also need to think that how these applications will access the CPU and
other components to get better performance.
Conclusions
 Example – 2: Let us consider a situation where we want to execute the
following peace of code:
 How do the above program executed, and displayed on the screen?

Conclusions
 Step-1: The program file resides on hard disk (secondary storage).
 Step-2: While executing, it needs to bring to the main memory.

Conclusions
 Step-3: Let the CPU execute it and send to the video controller
 Step-4: Finally, the output is displayed on the screen.

Operating System (OS)
 An operating system is a program that manages the computer hardware.
 It also provides a basis for application programs and acts as an

intermediary between the computer user and the computer hardware.
Figures-1: Some of the well known Operating Systems used in Desktop/Laptop/Smart phones.
Components of a Computer System
USER-1 USER-2 USER-3 USER-4 USER-N
Word Web
Spreadsheets Compilers Text
Processor Browsers
Editors
System/Application Program
Operating System
Computer Hardware
(CPU, Memory, and I/O Devices)
 Hardware Abstraction : Turns hardware into something that

applications can use it.
 Resource Management : It should manage usage of CPU, primary /

secondary memories, i/o devices, and so on.
 Allow multiple applications to share resources
 Protect apps from each other.
 Improve performance by efficient utilization of resources.
 If you would like to what are the applications that are currently running
in your system:
 Open the task manager, and the processes currently running in your
system.
 You can also see the memory usage, CPU usage, and other things.
How to check currently running processes in your PC
Evaluation Pattern
 Minor - I ------------------- 25
 Major Exam ------------------ 40
 Assignments / Quiz ------------------- 25
 Reward (Attendance + Performance) --------- 10

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Total = 100
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Operating Systems (OS)

 Why do we require OS?

 Can we thing a computer without OS?

 Let us consider a situation where a user wants to create a document in MS Word

 Operating system (OS) does your job here (system program).

 All these tasks are done by the Operating system. Hence, OS is an

 How do the above program executed, and displayed on the screen?

 Step-2: While executing, it needs to bring to the main memory.

 Step-4: Finally, the output is displayed on the screen.

 It also provides a basis for application programs and acts as an

USER-1 USER-2 USER-3 USER-4 USER-N

 Hardware Abstraction : Turns hardware into something that

 Resource Management : It should manage usage of CPU, primary /

 Major Exam ------------------ 40

 Assignments / Quiz ------------------- 25

 Reward (Attendance + Performance) --------- 10

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