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CGS 3763Operating System ConceptsSpring
2005Sherri Sparks
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TODAYS AGENDA

• Go over course syllabus.
• What is an operating system?
• Class make up - whos enrolled
• Major or Minor?
• Computer Science, IT or MIS
• Other computer science courses
• CGS 1060 (Intro to Computer Science) is minimum
  prerequisite
• CGS 3269 (Computer Architecture) would be very
  helpful
• Programming experience will also be helpful
  although no programming projects are required for
  this course

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SYLLABUS OVERVIEW

• Office Hours
• Sherri Sparks CC1 Rm 203
• Tues Thus. 900am 1000am or by appointment.
• Email
• ssparks_at_cs.ucf.edu (include CGS3763 in subject
  line)
• Be professional in your correspondence
• Website
• http//www.cs.ucf.edu/ssparks/CGS_3763
• Be sure to take notes in class
• Text Book
• (Required) Operating Systems A Systematic View,
  Sixth Edition by Davis and Rajkumar
• (Supplemental) Operating System, Sixth Edition by
  Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne

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SYLLABUS OVERVIEW (cont.)

• Class Times
• Tues, Thurs, 730 - 845, ENG2 Room 105
• Final Exam
• Thursday, April 28th, from 700am to 950am, ENG2
  Room 105
• It will be comprehensive
• Other Dates
• Mar. 4 Withdrawal Deadline
• Mar. 14-19 Spring Break, No classes.

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SYLLABUS OVERVIEW (cont.)

• Attendance
• Not taken but strongly encouraged
• Homework exercises will be assigned
• Turned in during class.
• No emailed or late submissions accepted.
• Lowest 2 grades dropped at end of semester.
• Tests Exams
• Closed book, closed notes
• T/F, Multiple Choice, Problems, Essay
• Simple calculators only (NO laptops, PDAs,
  graphing calculators, ect)
• Academic Behavior
• Cheating or other forms of academic dishonesty
  will not be tolerated
• Please turn off all cell phones and pagers in
  class.

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SYLLABUS OVERVIEW (cont.)

• Grading Based on
• Homework 10
• Presentation 10
• First Midterm 20
• Second Midterm 25
• Final Exam 35
• Guaranteed Grading Scale
•   A 90 100
• B 80 89
• C 70 79
• D 60 69
• F Otherwise
• May use /- or lower grading scale at my
  discretion.

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SYLLABUS OVERVIEW (cont.)

• Take advantage of multiple resources
• Classroom lectures
• Required text book
• Lecture slides and review exercises
• Publishers web site and slides
• Use the internet or other text books
• See me during office hours or email

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COURSE CONTENT

• Not a course in Windows, Mac or Unix.
• Not a point click, how to course.
• Instead well look at the basic concepts that
  underlie modern operating systems.
• Why?
• Dispel some of the mystery - understand what
  happens when you point and click.
• Learn new algorithms - many OS concepts can be
  applied to other disciplines.

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COURSE CONTENT

• Divided Material Into 3 Sections
• Basic Operating System Concepts
• Hardware Software
• Resource Management
• Disk File Management
• Processor Management CPU Scheduling
• Memory Management
• Real World Architecture Operating System
  Internals
• Intel Architecture
• DOS
• Windows XP
• UNIX / Linux
• 3. Network Communication Security

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TENTATIVE COURSE CALENDAR

• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Hardware
• Chapter 3 Application Software Data
• Chapter 4 Linking the Hardware Components
• Chapter 5 User Interface File System / Disk
  Management
• Chapter 6 Resource Management (Processor
  Memory Management)
• First Midterm (around Feb 24th)
• Chapter 10 Intel Architecture
• Chapter 11 MS-DOS Internals
• Chapter 12 Windows XP Internals
• Chapter 13 UNIX Linux Internals
• Second Midterm (late March)

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TENTATIVE COURSE CALENDAR (cont.)

• Chapter 16 Data Communication and Networks
• Chapter 17 The Internet World Wide Web
• Chapter 18 Client / Server Information Systems
  Security
• Final Exam (April 28)

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Assignment

• Go out and search the web for 5 new technologies
  related to operating systems that interest you.
• Write a short paragraph (5-7 lines, double
  spaced) about each of these technologies and
  bring it back to class by next Tuesday (Jan
  18th).
• Describe the technology.
• What is its impact / relation to operating
  systems?
• I will highlight 2 of the 5 and you may pick one
  of those 2 to do a 10 minute Power Point
  presentation on.
• We will have one 10 minute presentation
  highlighting a current technology each class
  (except test review days).
• For fairness, presentation dates will be selected
  randomly, however, you may trade your date with a
  classmate if you both agree.