CSC 443 - 3 Semester Hours

Operating Systems

An analysis of the concepts and functions of operating systems. The course will include a survey of operating systems now in existence as well as methodologies for the selection, evaluation, adaptation, and implementation of an operating system.

CSC 222, CSC 241 and at least one upper-level programming course.

An understanding of operating system concepts and functions is basic to the creation and installation of software components. An introductory course is a necessary element of any degree program with a focus in software engineering.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Understand some of the protocols and mechanisms of operating system design.
2. Understand the requirements necessary for the interoperability of software and hardware subsystems.
3. Understand the problems imposed by these requirements.
4. Weigh the relative merits of existing and theoretical solutions to these problems.
5. Implement and/or simulate rudimentary components of an operating system.

1. Introductory Concepts
   1. Hardware
      1. CPU
      2. Memory
      3. Storage
   2. Software
      1. System
      2. Application
      3. Utility
   3. Components
      1. Hardware
      2. Software
2. Process Management
   1. Processes
   2. Threads
   3. Scheduling
   4. Synchronization
3. Storage
   1. Memory Management
   2. File Systems
   3. I/O
4. Distributed Systems
   1. Networks
   2. Communication
   3. Coordination
5. Security
   1. Access Rights
   2. Authentication
   3. Encryption
6. Contemporary Operating System Examples

1. Lectures.
2. Discussion.
3. Student presentations.

1. Presentations.
2. Participation.
3. Programming projects.

1. Programming projects.
2. Papers.
3. Course participation and presentations.
4. Examinations.

Only readily available computer and software systems will be needed.

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D. Comer. Internetworking with TCP/7P, Volume I, Second Edition. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1991.

D. Comer and D. L. Stevens. Internetworking with TCP17P, Volume II. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1991.

H. M. Deitel. An Introduction to Operating Systems, Second Edition. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1990.

R. C. Holt. Concurrent Euclid, the UNIX System, and Tunis . Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1983.

B. W. Kernighan and R. Pike. The UNIX Programming Environment . Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1984.

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D. Lea. Concurrent Programming in Java. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1997.

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S. Mullender (Editor). Distributed Systems, Second Edition. ACM Press, New York, NY, 1993.

J. Richter. Advanced Windows, Third Edition. Microsoft Press, Redmond, WA, 1997.

A. Silberschatz, P. Galvin, and G. Gagne. Applied Operating System Concepts, First Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, New York, 2000.

A. Silberschatz, P. Galvin, and G. Gagne. Operating System Concepts, Sixth Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, New York, 2000.

A. Silberschatz, P. Galvin, and G. Gagne. Operating System Concepts with Java, Sixth Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, New York, 2000.

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W.R. Stevens. Unix Network Programming: Networking APIs: Sockets and XTI, Volume 1 , Second Edition. Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1997.

A. Tanenbaum. Computer Networks, Third Edition. Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1996.

A. S. Tanenbaum and M. van Steen. Distributed Systems. Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2002.

A. S. Tanenbaum. Modern Operating Systems, Second Edition. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 2001.

A. S. Tanenbaum. Structured Computer Organization, Third Edition. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1990.