G53OPSOperating Systems

Dr. Graham Kendall

Course Introduction

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Course Introduction

• Course– Operating Systems

• Lecturer– Graham Kendall

– GXK@CS.NOTT.AC.UK

– Room C76 (by appointment)

• Web Page– http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~gxk

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Course Introduction

• Lectures– 20 (ish)

• Lecture Times and Locations– Monday 10:00 (C33)

– Friday 10:00 (C3)

• Assessment– 75% examination (2 hours) - 4 Questions from 6

– 25% coursework (Processes)

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Textbooks

• Modern Operating Systems (Andrew Tanenbaum)

• Operating Systems Concepts (Abraham Silberschatz and Peter Galvin)

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Sample Lecture and Coursework Schedule

• Introduction and Background (Tanenbaum, Ch. 1)

– Lectures 1, 2

• Processes (Tanenbaum, Ch. 2)

– Lectures 3, 4, 5, 6

• Memory Management (Tanenbaum, Ch. 3)

– Lectures 7, 8, 9, 10

• File Systems (Tanenbaum, Ch. 4)

– Lectures 11, 12, 13, 14

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Sample Lecture and Coursework Schedule

• Input/Output (Tanenbaum, Ch. 5)

– Lectures 15, 16, 17, 18

• Revision– Lectures 19, 20

• In addition, there may be some required reading from Tananbaum, which is examinable

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Proposed Lecture and Coursework Schedule

• Guest Lecture– Possibly a guest lecturer giving six lectures

– Subject is probably input/output

– Will need additional lecture slots in the week the guest lecturer is here

– Possibly six lectures that week