1: The Basics - An Overview Last updated Jan 11, 2021 Save as PDF Operating System: The Basics 1.1: Introduction to Operating Systems Page ID45623 Patrick McClanahanSan Joaquin Delta College ( \newcommand{\kernel}{\mathrm{null}\,}\) 1.1: Introduction to Operating Systems1.2 Starting with the Basics1.3 The Processor - History1.3.1: The Processor - Components1.3.2: The Processor - Bus1.4 Instruction Cycles1.4.1 Instruction Cycles - Fetch1.4.2 Instruction Cycles - Instruction Primer1.5 Interrupts1.6 Memory Hierarchy1.7 Cache Memory1.7.1 Cache Memory - Multilevel Cache1.7.2 Cache Memory - Locality of reference1.8 Direct Memory Access1.9 Multiprocessor and Multicore Systems