Chapter 1 - The Function of Operating Systems

What is an interrupt?

What is an example of an I/O interrupt?

What is an example of a timer interrupt?

What is an example of a hardware error interrupt?

What is an example of a program interrupt?

What is an example of a program interrupt?

When is a queue checked?

What kind of data structure does a stack have?

What is the purpose of scheduling?

What does it mean when a process is I/O bound?

What does it mean when a process is processor bound?

What are the three scheduler states?

What does the High Level Scheduler (HLS) do?

What does the Medium Level Scheduler (MLS) do?

What does the Low Level Scheduler (LLS) do?

What is the purpose of a pre-emptive scheduler?

What is the purpose of a non-pre-emptive scheduler?

What happens when using the 'First come, first served' scheduling algorithm?

What happens when using the 'Shortest job first' scheduling algorithm?

What happens when using the 'Round Robin' scheduling algorithm?

What happens when using the 'Shortest remaining time' scheduling algorithm?

What happens when using the 'Multi-level feedback queues' scheduling algorithm?

What is disk thrashing?

What is the difference between paging and segmentation?

What is spooling?

What is the purpose of spooling?

What happens during a Power-on-self-test (POST)?

What is a File Allocation Table (FAT)?

What is a 'Linked list' used for?