CSSE 340 Operating Systems (First class)

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CSSE 340 Operating Systems (First class)

• Dr. Yingwu Zhu
• Office ENGR 530 Emai zhuy_at_seattleu.edu

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OSs are Important

• Core course for CS
• OS manages resources and controls execution of
  processes/threads
• Foundations for advanced courses such as
  Computer Networks, Distributed Systems
• Graduate studies

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What to be covered?

• OS vs. computer hardware
• Process Management
• Processes Threads
• Multi-processing multi-threading
• CPU scheduling
• Process thread synchronization
• Deadlocks
• IPC shared memory

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What to be covered?

• Memory Management
• Main memory
• Memory allocation
• Address translation
• Virtual memory (VM)
• Allows larger address space than physical memory
• Page tables
• Thrashing

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How to Learn CSSE 340 Well?

• Reading,
• Case study in Linux helps understand the basic
  concepts
• Go through the exercises
• Course projects strengthen understanding of basic
  concepts
• Critical thinking and asking questions

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Suggestions in Class

• Pose questions ANYTIME
• In the beginning of the class, give me the
  questions you met during studies
• If necessary, we can discuss them in class
• Do not worry about the questions you may ask
• NO question is simple!
• Take notes when necessary ?

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CS1 Account

• cs1.seattleu.edu will be the server where you do
  the programming assignments
• If you do NOT have an account, contact the dept.
  ASAP!
• Programming related docs in my website

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Whats for today?

• Go through the Syllabus
• Reading assignments after class Chapter 12