Computer Science 330
Operating Systems

Fall 2022, Siena College

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Agenda

• Announcements
  • The next readings/activities from OS zyBook: Chapter 4, sections 1-3, due Monday, October 3
  • Big focus this week on completing Programming Project 1: CPU Scheduler Simulation [HTML] [PDF]
  • Looking ahead a bit: first exam 2 weeks from today in class, details to follow
  • For today's office hours, find me in RB 304 (I'm covering an Excel class for Dr. Goldstein)
• Looking at some of the exercises for OS zyBook Chapter 3
• Programming Project 1: CPU Scheduler Simulation [HTML] [PDF] Q&A, remaining time to work on it

Terminology

• long-term scheduling
• short-term scheduling
• preemptive vs. non-preemptive scheduling
• process priority
• arbitration rule (for breaking priority ties)
• batch processes
• FIFO scheduling
• SJF scheduling
• SRT scheduling
• turnaround time
• starvation
• interactive processes
• time quantum
• RR scheduling
• MLF scheduling
• response time