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Chapter 2: OS Structure

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Chapter 2: OS Structure

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OS Services

  • User interface
    • Command-Line Interface (CLI)
      • shell: command interpreter, a process that runs in user space
    • Graphical User Interface (GUI)
  • Communication models
    • message passing: copy messages between processes through OS (kernel) (system call)
    • shared memory: processes share a region of memory for communication (system call)

Application-OS Interface

  • API - system calls (assembly) - OS kernel
  • API (Application Programming Interface)
    • convenience, portability, efficiency (not too many syscalls)
    • can call zero or multiple system calls
    • common APIs: Win32 API, POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface for Unix) API, Java API
  • System Call