COMP 2320 (3 units) Operating Systems

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COMP 2320 (3 units)Operating Systems

• Name Prof. Joseph NG
• Office R730 (Run Run Shaw Building)
• Phone [phone] Email jng_at_comp.hkbu.edu.hk
• HomePage http//www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/jng
• ICQ 113034029
• Teaching Assistance Miss. Lam Sze Man, Priscilla
• Email prisicillalsm_at_gmail.com
• Class Schedule
• Mon 0930 LT3
• Wed 1230 LT2

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Subject Outline

• Objectives
• To introduce the major concepts of operating
  system principles
• To study the detailed operation of various
  components of an operating system
• Textbook References
• Stallings, William, Operating Systems, 5th
  Edition, Prentice Hall International Editions,
  2005.
• Silberschatz, A., and Galvin, P. B., Operating
  System Concepts, 5th Edition, Addison Wesley,
  1998.
• Dietel, H. M., An Introduction to Operating
  Systems, 2nd Edition, Addison Wesley, 1990.
• Assessment
• Continuous assessment (30)
• Examination (70)

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Subject Outline (continue)

• Passing grade and Grade Distribution (Guidelines)
• A (0 - 20)
• AB (40 - 75)
• C, D, E, F (25 - 60)
• Average of this class should be either B- or C.
• To pass this subject, the final exam should be gt
  30.
• To pass this subject, the overall score should be
  gt 35.
• To get the A grade, the overall score should be
  at least 68.
• Each person, each semester can have one
  supplementary exam.
• The highest grade for supplementary exam is D.
• A warning for those copy cats
• Whoever get caught in copying homework and other
  assignments, the instructor has the right to
  penalize his/her grade when necessary.

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Subject Contents

• Computer System Overview
• Operating Systems Overview
• Processes Threads
• Process Description and Control, Threads
• Concurrency
• Mutual Exclusion and Synchronization
• Deadlock and Starvation
• Memory
• Memory Management
• Virtual Memory
• Scheduling
• Uniprocessor Scheduling
• Input/ Output and Files
• I/O Management and Disk Scheduling
• File Management
• Case Studies Various UNIX, MS-DOS, Windows 3.1,
  Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT,
  Windows 2000, Windows XP