Other Materials

Both texts are conceived as class materials and are very useful.

You may obtain either document by sending e-mail to the author at nastnov@minna.iit.edu

Grading

• Quizzes: 10%
• Homeworks: 30%
• 2 exams: 60% (30% each)

Late homeworks won't be accepted. Everything you have to turn in is due at the beginning of the class the work is due.

For programming assignments there is a 10% per business day penalty.

Exams are open book(s) open-notes.

• A: 90 - 100
• B: 80 - 89
• C: 70 - 79
• D: 60 - 69
• E: 0 - 59

Content

1. History, Evolution, and Philosophy fo Operating systems (3)
2. Processes (4)
3. Process Coordination and Synchronization (4)
4. Scheduling (3)
5. Deadlocks (3)
6. Physical and Virtual Memory Organization (3)
7. Device Management (2)
8. File Systems (4)
9. Security and Protection (3)
10. Communication and Networking (3)
11. Distributed, Real-Time, and Multiprocessor perating Systems (3)
12. Examples of Operating Systems (4)
13. Examinations (6)

Important events

• Midterm: March 7. (100 minutes)
• Final: to be announced

Varia

Unless otherwise stated all papers you turn in will be TYPED. No handwritten work is accepted. Each page will have a header as follows:

• the left side: your name
• middle: page number and the total number of pages (ex. 2/5 indicates this is page 2 out of a total of 5)
• right hand side: name of the assignment (ex. Homework #2)

Each page will also have a footer:

• the left hand side will contain the following text: cs450-<section>: Spring 1996 where <section> stands for the section you are in
• the right hand side will contain the following text: Illinois Institute of Technology - CSAM

The header and the footer will be Arial, 10 points, regular. The text for the paper itself will be typed using Times Roman (12 points regular, except for titles which may be larger and bold).

Click here to see a template.