CSC 389 Introduction to Operating Systems

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CSC 389 Introduction to Operating Systems

Catalog Description: Assemblers, macro processing, loaders, time sharing operating system, process control, I/O, primary memory allocation, and virtual memory.

Textbook: Modern Operating Systems, Second Edition, Adrew Tanenbaum

Outline of Topics to be Covered:

Processes and Threads
Asynchronous Concurrent Processes
Interprocess Communication
Process Scheduling
Deadlock
Memory/Virtual Memory Management
Input/Output
File Systems

Criteria for grading:

Mid-term 30%
Final 30%
Programming Project 1 20%
Programming Project 2 20%

The programming projects will involve programming in C on UIS's CSC Unix system. Lectures will cover basic Unix commands and C to get through the programming projects. If students have the linux operating system installed on their home computers, the programming projects should also work on linux. To do the programming assignments, you will need to login to UISACAD using your CSC username and passwords. If you do not have a CSC account, contact Ted Mims to set one up for you.

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