4003-440-02 Operating Systems I
Course Prerequisites and Outcomes

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Prerequisites
Outcomes

A general survey of operating system concepts. Topics include process synchronization, interprocess communication, deadlock, multiprogramming and multiprocessing, processor scheduling and resource management, memory management, overlays, static and dynamic relocation, virtual memory, file systems, logical and physical I/O, device allocation, I/O processor scheduling, process and resource protection. Programming projects will be required.

• 4003-334, Computer Science 4
• 4003-352, Computer Organization or 4003-345, Computer Organization
• Java programming ability
• C programming ability

• Students will be able to describe basic concepts, policies, and mechanisms used by operating systems.
  Evaluation: Exams
   
• Students will be able to compare process scheduling algorithms.
  Evaluation: Programming projects, exams
   
• Students will be able to apply synchronization primitives and evaluate deadlock conditions.
  Evaluation: Programming projects, exams
   
• Students will be able to analyze virtual memory management algorithms.
  Evaluation: Programming projects, exams
   
• Students will be able to write simple programs using semaphores and other synchronization mechanisms.
  Evaluation: Programming projects, exams

Operating Systems I • 4003-440-02 • Winter Quarter 2012

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