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CS211 -- Operating Systems and Porgramming (09/10)

Course Information

Lecturer:	Dr Niall Madden Room C213, Aras de Brun Phone: (353) (0)91 493803 Email: niall.madden@nuigalway.ie
Lectures:	to be arranged
First Lecture:	During the week 7th Sep -- 11th Sep
Course Content:	The course combines a systematic study of operating systems, and a first course in C programming. You have all studied programmming in python in Year 1. How you'll be introduced to C, one the lostest-established computer languages, but which has retained its popularity, certainly in the field of operating systems. This will be emphasised in many of the examples we'll study, such as multithreading and inter-process communication.
Assessment:	Regular lab assignments and a 2 hour written exam at the end of Semester 1
Text books:	Recommended texts include Silberschatz et al, Operating System Concepts King, C Programming - a modern approach (2nd Ed) Operating System Concepts Haviland, UNIX system programming Regular lab assignments and a 2 hour written exam at the end of Semester 1
Web site:	Some online content for CS211 is give here; more is on Blackboard.NUIGalway.ie

Sep 10: Lecture 1: Intro to CS211 (3x2).
Sep 11: Lecture 2: Short history of computer systems (3x2)
Sep 17: Lecture 3: Intro to C Examples
Sep 18: Lecture 4: Intro to C (II) Examples
Sep 24: Lecture 5: Operators. if Examples
Sep 25: Lecture 6: for and while Examples
Sep 28: Lecture 7: The ins and outs of output and input Examples
Oct 01: Lecture 8: Functions Examples
Oct 05: Lecture 9: Linux
Oct 08: Lecture10: More about the Shell Examples
Oct 12: Lecture11: chars and strings in C Examples
Oct 15: Lecture 12: OS structure
Oct 19: Lecture 13; Files Examples
Oct 22: Lecture 14: Process management Examples
Oct 29: Lecture 15: More processes Examples
Nov 02: Lecture 16: Files (cont.) Examples
Nov 05: Lecture 17: Threads and scheduling
Nov 09: Lecture 18: More on scheduling. Deadlock
Nov 12: Lecture 19: Synchronisation
Nov 16: Lecture 20: Signals. Memory Management Examples
Nov 19: Lecture 21: Memory Management (ii) Example
Nov 23: Lecture 22: Memory Management (iii)
Nov 26: Lecture 23: Dynamic memory allocation

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