Courses/Computer Science/CPSC 457.W2012/Lecture Notes/Overview

Course Introduction and OS Overview
Instructor will cover course structure, topics, and policies. Approaches to teaching OS; homeworks/assignments

This session will briefly consider the purpose and roles of an OS along with a multi-perspective view of a program in execution.

Readings

 * A Brief History of Unix
 * Hands-on Work
 * MOS: 1.1: What is an Operating System?
 * MOS: 1.2: History of Operating Systems
 * MOS: 1.4: The Operating System Zoo
 * MOS: 1.5: Operating System Concepts
 * MOS: 10.1: History of Unix and Linux
 * MOS: 13.1: The Nature of the Design Problem