Introduction to Operating Systems    Dr. Schwartz

 
Text: Operating Systems

H. M. Deitel
Addison Wesley
 

Topics: What is an Operating System?, Hardware, Software, Firmware,
Processes, Asynchronous concurrent Processes, Concurrent
Programming, Deadlock, Real and virtual storage organization and
management, Job and processor scheduling, Disk performance,
Coprocessors and RISC, Distributed computing, Security
 
Grade: There will be two in-class exams and a final. The in-class exams will each count 20%, the final will count 35%. There will be 
some number of other assignments that will comprise the remaining 25% of the final grade.
 
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