Operating Systems: Design and
Implementation
by A. S. Tanenbaum and A. S. Woodhull
Course web page:
www.cs.ecu.edu/~karl/5210/
Prerequisites
You should have studied data structures and computer architecture or
assembly language.
Summary
This course concentrates on the internal workings of computer operating
systems. It is not a course in system administration. We will
do some systems programming. Topics include
History of operating systems.
Organization of operating systems.
Processes and Threads.
Synchronization, communication and elementary distributed algorithms.
System calls and interaction with the system.
Memory management and virtual memory.
File systems.
Security.
Elementary input and output.
Grading
Grading will be on the basis of two exams and a final exam (60%),
plus programs and homework (40%).