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Fundamentals of Operating Systems ITFN 2601 Introduction Syllabus Instructor’s Contract with students On-line from home page http://cims.clayton.edu/knagel http://kahuna.clayton.edu/knagel Student Survey 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 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? 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 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: • Related to your career goals • Learning problem solving • Personal interest What is an Operating System? 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