CMPSCI 377: Operating Systems (Spring 2004)
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Course Description
In this course we examine the important
problems in
operating system design and implementation. The operating system
provides a
well-known, convenient, and efficient interface between user programs
and the
bare hardware of the computer on which they run. The operating system
is
responsible for allowing resources (e.g., disks, networks, and
processors) to
be shared, providing common services needed by many different programs
(e.g.,
file service, the ability to start or stop processes, and access to the
printer), and protecting individual programs from one another. The
course will
start with a brief historical perspective of the evolution of operating
systems
over the last fifty years, and then cover the major components of most
operating systems. This discussion will cover the tradeoffs that can be
made
between performance and functionality during the design and
implementation of
an operating system. Particular emphasis will be given to three major
OS
subsystems: process management (processes, threads, CPU scheduling,
synchronization, and deadlock), memory management (segmentation,
paging,
swapping), file systems, and operating system support for distributed
systems.
Course Information
Instructor: Mark
Corner
Class lectures: MWF 10-11AM, LGRT 101
Office Hours:W 11-12, Th 10-11, or by appointment, Room 330
Credits: 4
Course Syllabus: pdf
Teaching
Assistants: Trek Palmer (trekp@cs.umass.edu), Brandon
Goldsworthy (goldy@cs.umass.edu)
Staff Email: cs377staff@cs.umass.edu
Course Web Page: www.cs.umass.edu/~mcorner/courses/377/
Course Newsgroup: cmpsci.edlab.cs377
Textbook: Operating Systems Concepts, 6th Edition,
Silberschatz/Galvin/Gagne
Possible
Companion Books: C++ For Java Programmers by Timothy A. Budd and C++
for Java Programmers by Mark Allen Weiss
Schedule
Midterm Evening
Exam: Mar 24 2004 6PM Marston Hall Room 132
Final
Exam: May 19 2004 4PM LGRT 101
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Discussion
LGRT 101
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Lecture Handouts
Project Handouts
Homework
Resources