Computer Science 432 Operating Systems Williams College Fall 2006

Welcome to CS 432!

Agenda

• Introduction
  • This is an important course. It is an elective here. You have chosen wisely.
  • What do you mean by "operating system"? Course expectations?
  • Where this course fits in
  • Examples of problems we will study
• Announcements
  • CS Colloquium meets on Fridays, 2:30 in TCL 206. This week: welcome back party and pictures for the board.
• Syllabus and Course Ground Rules
• What is an Operating System?

Lecture Assignment

Due at the start of class, Tuesday, September 12.

You do not need to turn in answers to these questions, but we will discuss them at the start of class Tuesday. Note that the textbook's web page has possible answers to many of the exercises at the end of the chapters.

Turn in short answers to these questions. Please turn in a hard copy (typeset or handwritten are OK). We will discuss these questions at the start of class on Tuesday, so no late submissions are accepted.

The readings for Tuesday are SG&G Chapter 3. Concentrate your attention on Sections 3.1-3.3. Pay closer attention to the UNIX system calls than the Windows ones.

Examples

Late penalty graph: