Other Documents

 Course Profile

Textbook(s)

Silberschatz, A. Galvin, P. & Gagne, G., Operating system concepts (7th edn), John Wiley & Sons Inc (Prescribed)

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Online Resources

Mailing List

Pointers to the mailing lists used by COIT13152.

Study Guide

The Study Guide is a print-based text intended to guide students through their study, available for download in its entirety or by chapter.

Text Book

The web site supporting the 7th edition of the text book by Silberschatz, Galvin, and Gagne provides a large number of high quality resources.

Lectures: Slides

The lecture slides here are the slides provided by the authors for the 7th edition of the textbook.

Lectures: Videos

Videos of the live lectures, as delivered to the Bundaberg, Gladstone, Mackay and Rockhampton campuses.

Lectures: Animations

A number of dynamic animations have been created to illustrate some of the more complex theoretical concepts related to operating systems.

Tutorial Exercises

The tutorial exercises are mainly questions from the 6th or 7th editions of the textbook.

Tutorial Solutions

Suggested solutions to the tutorial exercises will be available here approximately one week after the relevant material has been covered.

Related Links

The study of operating systems is one of the largest areas in computing, so there is a huge amount of information on the Web relevant to COIT13152.

Sample Exams

A selection of past examinations and possible solutions, from the years 2001, 2003, 2005, and 2007.

Course Barometer

A forum where students can each week provide anonymous feedback on their progress with COIT13152.

BACI

Optional: BACI is a collection of programs which enables students to develop and experiment with concurrency problems. Use of BACI does *not* form a compulsory part of the course.