Summary: The fundamental principles of Operating Sytems will be studied. Processes, interprocess communications, semaphores, monitors, message passing, device drivers, memory management, and paging algorithms are major topics. MINIX operating system is used as the model operating system.

Text: Operating Systems Design and Implementation by A. Tanenbaum Prentice Hall, 1997. ISBN 0-13-638677-6

Marking Scheme: Project(Team) 35% Mid-Term Exam 15% Exam Mark Final_Exam 50%

Course Mark (Jan 08, 2001)

Final Exam (December 16)

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