BIF703

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BIF703

• Operating Systems Shell Scripting
• Instructor MURRAY SAUL

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Agenda

• Overview of BIF703
• Description of Course
• Evaluation
• Required Materials
• Overview of Phobos Matrix Servers
• Discuss Pre-lab (How to get accts)

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How to Contact Instructor

• Room 2170
• Telephone [phone] x 3749
• E-mail murray.saul_at_senecac.on.ca
• Instructors Website cs.senecac.on.ca/ms
  aul
• Course Website
• bioinformatics.senecac.on.ca/bif703

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Course Evaluation

• Labs (11 online labs) 5
• Quizzes 5
• Assignments (3) 20
• Midterm Test 30
• Final Exam (comprehensive) 40
• Total 100

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Required Text

• A Practical Guide to Linux, by Mark Sobell.
  Publisher Addison-WesleyISBN 0-201-89549-8.

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Network Server

• A Network Server (usually called just server)
  is a powerful centralized computer with software
  that allows multiple users to access software
  applications and data files.
• The network server may also provide other
  important services such as network printer
  management and connection to other networks (e.g.
  via the Internet)

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Network Server
Other Network Servers
Communication Medium (e.g. Internet)
Network Server(Central Computer)
Terminal(Client)
Terminal(Client)
Terminal(Client)
Terminal(Client)
Terminal(Client)
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Servers for First Semester Students

• LEARN
• Used to read and send student e-mail. Phobos and
  Matrix account username and password will be
  e-mailed to this account.
• PHOBOS
• A Unix computer account used for creating,
  modifying, compiling and executing C programs in
  a text-based environment.
• MATRIX
• A Linux computer account used for C programming
  and also used to work in a graphical environment
  (called KDE).