CS 471 – Operating Systems

Spring 2011 – Wednesday 7:10-9:50, Room  ECSB 2120

INSTRUCTOR

Hussein M. Abdel-Wahab, Ph.D.

wahab@cs.odu.edu

Rm. 3315 E&CS

(757) 683-4512

Office hours:  T and W 11am-1:30pm.

TEXTBOOKS

Operating System Concepts, A. Silberschatz, P.B. Galvin, and G. Gagne, 8th Ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2009.

TEXTBOOK SOURCE CODE

TOPICS:

· Operating System Structures

· Processes & Threads

· CPU Scheduling

· Process Synchronization

· Deadlocks

· Main Memory

· Virtual Memory

· File-System Interface & Implementation

· Mass-Storage Structure

· I/O Systems

· Protection & Security

Lectures

GRADING

· Assignments 40 %

· Midterm: Wednesday March 2 30 %

· Final: Wednesday May 4 30 %

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