Week 1 |
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| 03 March to 07 March, 2008 | Other weeks: - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
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Study Guide chapter 1. Text chapters 1 and 2 (in 7th ed.)
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Read the Course Profile Make sure you know how to use the mailing list Thoroughly familiarise yourself with the web site! |
Introduction to course and operating systems. Revision of computer system structures. Introduction to the structure of operating systems. |
Week 2 |
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| 10 March to 14 March, 2008 | Other weeks: - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
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Study Guide chapter 2. Text chapters 3 and 4 (in 7th ed.). Chapter 4 is non-examinable. |
Read and try to understand.
If you do, great.
If you don't, ask questions via the email list.
Try some of the animations. Try out the trial multiple choice test. |
Introduction to the process concept. Basic overview of cooperating processes and IPC. Threads. |
Week 3 |
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| 17 March to 20 March, 2008 | Other weeks: - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
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Study Guide chapter 3. Text chapter 5 (in 7th ed.) |
Read and try to understand.
If you do, great.
If you don't, ask questions via the email list. Check out the Related Links. If you didn't do so last week, try out the trial multiple choice test. |
CPU scheduling algorithms. |
Week 4 |
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| 25 March to 28 March, 2008 | Other weeks: - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
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Study Guide chapter 4. Text chapter 6 (in 7th ed.) |
Read and try to understand.
If you do, great.
If you don't, ask questions via the email list. Do the first assignment - the first online multiple choice test! |
Concurrency. Mutual exclusion. Some simple, incorrect solutions. |
Week 5 |
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| 31 March to 04 April, 2008 | Other weeks: - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
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Study Guide chapter 5. Text chapter 6 (in 7th ed.) |
Read and try to understand.
If you do, great. If you don't, ask questions via the email list. This and any other week you can give feedback via the course barometer. |
Concurrency. Semaphores. Classical concurrency problems. |
Week 6 |
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| 07 April to 11 April, 2008 | Other weeks: - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
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Study Guide chapter 6. Text chapter 7 (in 7th ed.) |
Read and try to understand.
If you do, great. If you don't, ask questions via the email list. Do the second online multiple choice test! |
Deadlocks. |
Week 7 |
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| 21 April to 24 April, 2008 | Other weeks: - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
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Study Guide chapter 7. Text chapter 8 (in 7th ed.) |
Read and try to understand.
If you do, great.
If you don't, ask questions via the email list. |
Memory management. Real memory schemes and basic concepts including paging and segmentation. |
Week 8 |
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| 28 April to 02 May, 2008 | Other weeks: - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
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Study Guide chapter 8. Text chapter 9 (in 7th ed.) |
Read and try to understand.
If you do, great.
If you don't, ask questions via the email list. Do the third online multiple choice test! |
Virtual memory, including page replacement algorithms. |
Week 9 |
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| 06 May to 09 May, 2008 | Other weeks: - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
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Study Guide chapter 9. Text chapters 10 and 11 (in 7th ed.) |
Read and try to understand.
If you do, great.
If you don't, ask questions via the email list. |
File system interface. What is a file? Directory structure. Management of free space. |
Week 10 |
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| 12 May to 16 May, 2008 | Other weeks: - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
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Study Guide chapter 10. Text chapters 12 and 13 (in 7th ed.). Chapter 13 is non-examinable. |
Read and try to understand.
If you do, great.
If you don't, ask questions via the email list. Do the fourth online multiple choice test! |
I/O systems. Secondary storage. The layers (hardware, application and kernel) and the interfaces between them. |
Week 11 |
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| 19 May to 23 May, 2008 | Other weeks: - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
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Study Guide chapter 11. Text chapters 14 and 15 (in 7th ed.) |
Read and try to understand.
If you do, great.
If you don't, ask questions via the email list. Start to revise for the Examination. |
Protection and security. Program and system threats. |
Week 12 |
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| 26 May to 30 May, 2008 | Other weeks: - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
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| Review. |
Have you understood most things in this course?
If so, great.
If not, continue to ask questions via the email list. Do the final online multiple choice test! Revise hard for the Examination! |
Review. |