Download Foundations of Technology

Fundamentals of
Operating Systems
ITFN 2601
Introduction
Syllabus
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Instructor’s Contract with students
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On-line from home page
http://cims.clayton.edu/knagel
http://kahuna.clayton.edu/knagel
Student Survey
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Your Full First and Last Names
Name you want to be called in class
Year (ex. freshman)
Major
Anticipated graduation date
Career goal after graduation
Pre-Requisites
Did you take ITFN 1101?
 ITFN 1112?
 ITFN 1303?
 English requirement?
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For each list:
Course name and number, Semester
taken, Grade, and Instructor
Overview of Textbook
Look at Table of Contents
 Look at sub-parts of chapters
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Student Contract
On back of student info survey,
List at least 2 topics that are interesting to
you. Briefly, explain why.
These reasons may be:
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Related to your career goals
• Learning problem solving
• Personal interest
What is an Operating System?
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Name an OS and the machine
Executive Manager, “The Boss”
Controls who uses what and how it is used,
but does not do the work itself.
Operating Systems
 What
does an OS do?
In student groups, write one activity or
function performed per sheet.
Spread out sheets on this table in front.
 How
can you describe them?
Another student group will sort the sheets
by “categories”, i.e. general OS
specifications or descriptors
Understanding
Operating Systems
• Resource Manager
• Abstraction
or Interface
Operating System Software
Figure 1.1: Model of a non-networked operating system
Assignment
for Thursday, January 11
Read Chapter 1, Sections 1.1 – 1.3
 Be prepared to answer simple questions
 Bring questions
 Join in discussion during next class
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