Question:
a) Define the term ‘Operating System' and identify two goals of an operating system.
b) What do you understand by Symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) and Asymmetric multiprocessing in parallel systems?
c) What are the characteristics of clustered systems and real-time systems?
d) What are the responsibilities of the operating system for the activities in connections with memory management?
e) Explain the layered approach of Unix operating system.
f) Describe briefly how Dynamic Storage-Allocation Problem is satisfied by a request of size n from a list of free holes using First-fit, Best-fit and Worst-fit.