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Inside.Waldenu.Edu Inside.Waldenu.Edu Academic Calendar Bookstore Career Services- New! Catalog Commencement Degree Program Resources Disability Services eMall at WaldenU Faculty Governance Financial Aid Financial Services Forms KAMs Library Office of the Chief Academic Officer Registrar Research Center Residencies Student Organizations Student Support & Customer Service Writing Center Veteran's/Military Benefits	NCSC-6101 Operating Systems Principles (CS 740) Contributing Scholar - Jon Weissman, University of Minnesota 3 Semester Credit Hours Course Description This course is concerned with the principles and practice of modern Operating Systems (OS). We will study core operating system principles: kernel design, processes and threads, concurrency and synchronization, deadlock, resource management, memory management and virtual memory, I/O and file systems, distributed file systems, protection and security. We will examine the design and implementation of different Operating System features across a wide-variety of systems including UNIX – Linux, Solaris, Windows, and a teaching Operating System called Nachos. We will learn about the inner workings of the Operating System as well as the exposed systems programming interface. Several programming projects will be used to gain hands-on experience with real Operating Systems issues. Prerequisites Java and/or C/C++ programming comfort and experience debugging complex programs Knowledge of the basics of computer architecture as covered in, for example, NEEP 2111 Some familiarity with UNIX or Windows Some familiarity with systems programming (UNIX or Windows) as covered in NCSC 3101, including topics such as processes and threads, inter-process communications, file systems, memory management, synchronization, and sockets General prerequisite: Students must have the knowledge resulting from completing all coursework in the curriculum for a BS degree in Computer Science from a regionally-accredited institution in the United States or the equivalent from a foreign institution; performance level in this coursework should be equivalent to a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 2.9 or better on 4.0 scale Course Objectives Demystify the inner workings of Operating Systems To gain a firm grounding in the conceptual issues surrounding good OS design To understand the different roles played by the Operating System To understand the tradeoffs involved in the design and implementation of Operating Systems To understand OS abstractions from the "outside" through systems programming interfaces Course Topics The following topics will be covered in the order given. Overview Concurrency Processes Memory management I/O and file systems Protection Security Distributed systems Linux OS Design Wrapup Technical Requirements You will need to have access to a UNIX/Linux system as well as access to C++ or Java compilers for this course. In addition, you will be required to have Windows Media Player to view the lectures. For the standard technical requirements, please go to the link below: http://www.waldenu.edu/c/Files/DocsGeneral/Getting_Started_Guide.pdf Textbook Required: Operating System Concepts with Java, Silberschatz, Galvin, Gagne, Wiley, 7th edition, 2007, ISBN: 0-471-76907-X. *Disclaimer: The course syllabus may differ slightly from this. Course descriptions will be provided in your online course. Textbook information is provided only to give more information about the course. Do Not* use this information to purchase a textbook. Up-to-date information will be provided when you register.

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