CSC311-4 2015: Systems Software

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• Select section General

  General

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  • Select activity News forum

    

    News forum
  • Select activity Syllabus (PDF)

    

    Syllabus (PDF) File
  • Select activity Zed Shaw's "Learn C The Hard Way"

    

    Zed Shaw's "Learn C The Hard Way" URL
  • Select activity Daniel Weller's and Sharat Chikkerur's "6.087 Practical Programming in C" (MIT OpenCourseWare)

    

    Daniel Weller's and Sharat Chikkerur's "6.087 Practical Programming in C" (MIT OpenCourseWare) URL
  • Select activity Learn Git (Codecademy)

    

    Learn Git (Codecademy) URL
  • Select activity Udacity's "How to Use Git and GitHub (Version Control for Code)"

    

    Udacity's "How to Use Git and GitHub (Version Control for Code)" URL
  • Select activity GitHUb

    

    GitHUb URL
  • Select activity Writing READMEs: Because Code is for Humans, Too (Udacity)

    

    Writing READMEs: Because Code is for Humans, Too (Udacity) URL
  • Select activity Markdown (Wikipedia)

    

    Markdown (Wikipedia) URL
  • Select activity Daniel Robbin's "Bash by Example"

    

    Daniel Robbin's "Bash by Example" URL
  • Select activity Emacs Reference Card (PDF)

    

    Emacs Reference Card (PDF) URL
  • Select activity Linux Quick Reference (PDF)

    

    Linux Quick Reference (PDF) URL
  • Select activity Screen Reference Card (PDF)

    

    Screen Reference Card (PDF) URL
  • Select activity Lawrence Angrave's "Systems Programming" wiki-book

    

    Lawrence Angrave's "Systems Programming" wiki-book URL
  • Select activity Stephen Brennan's "Tutorial---Write a Shell in C"

    

    Stephen Brennan's "Tutorial---Write a Shell in C" URL
  • Select activity Robert Morris' and Sam Madden's "6.033 Computer System Engineering" (MIT OpenCourseWare)

    

    Robert Morris' and Sam Madden's "6.033 Computer System Engineering" (MIT OpenCourseWare) URL
  • Select activity Before Memory was Virtual (Peter J. Denning) (PDF)

    

    Before Memory was Virtual (Peter J. Denning) (PDF) URL
  • Select activity The Locality Principle (Peter J. Denning) (PDF)

    

    The Locality Principle (Peter J. Denning) (PDF) URL
  • Select activity Virtual Memory II (Peter J. Denning) (PDF)

    

    Virtual Memory II (Peter J. Denning) (PDF) URL
• Select section Week 1

  Week 1

  • Select activity What you should know at the end of Week 0

    

    What you should know at the end of Week 0 Page
  • Select activity Syncing a fork

    

    Syncing a fork Page
  • Select activity Reading assignment: "The Locality Principle," by Peter J. Denning (PDF)

    

    Reading assignment: "The Locality Principle," by Peter J. Denning (PDF) URL

    Be prepared to discuss this article at 9 a.m. on Monday, November 30, 2015.
    

  • Select activity Exercise: Wednesday, November 25, 2015

    

    Exercise: Wednesday, November 25, 2015 Page

    Questions to be answered in class. Look for answers on the Web. Share answers with one another. Post answers in the forum on Moodle.
    

  • Select activity How to login to server from Windows without typing your password

    

    How to login to server from Windows without typing your password URL
• Select section Week 2

  Week 2

  • Select activity FCFS simulation (C source code)

    

    FCFS simulation (C source code) File
  • Select activity Review of Denning's "The Locality Principle" (PDF)

    

    Review of Denning's "The Locality Principle" (PDF) File
  • Select activity Simulation of Scheduling (PDF)

    

    Simulation of Scheduling (PDF) File
  • Select activity Simulation of FCFS scheduling (C source code)

    

    Simulation of FCFS scheduling (C source code) File

    This is the solution to the exercise that we did in the laboratory on Monday morning, November 30.
    

  • Select activity Work due on Wednesday, December 2

    

    Work due on Wednesday, December 2 Page
  • Select activity Programming skills that I want you to be able to demonstrate.

    

    Programming skills that I want you to be able to demonstrate. Page
  • Select activity More ideas for simulating the scheduling of processes.

    

    More ideas for simulating the scheduling of processes. Page
  • Select activity Priority Queues (C source code)

    

    Priority Queues (C source code) File
  • Select activity Pointers to functions (C source code)

    

    Pointers to functions (C source code) File
  • Select activity Pointers, arrays, and strings (C source code)

    

    Pointers, arrays, and strings (C source code) File
  • Select activity Slides with mathematics and code (LaTeX source code)

    

    Slides with mathematics and code (LaTeX source code) File
  • Select activity Practice Quiz (PDF)

    

    Practice Quiz (PDF) File
  • Select activity Parents and children (C source code)

    

    Parents and children (C source code) File
  • Select activity Exponential probability distribution (C source code)

    

    Exponential probability distribution (C source code) File
  • Select activity Reading assignment: due Monday, December 7

    

    Reading assignment: due Monday, December 7 Page
  • Select activity POSIX Threads Programming

    

    POSIX Threads Programming URL

    Optional tutorial from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

• Select section Week 3

  Week 3

  • Select activity Process control exercises (C source code in g-zipped tar file)

    

    Process control exercises (C source code in g-zipped tar file)
  • Select activity Presentation 2: assignment due Wednesday, December 9

    

    Presentation 2: assignment due Wednesday, December 9 Page
  • Select activity Processes and threads in Java

    

    Processes and threads in Java URL
  • Select activity Virtual memory study guide

    

    Virtual memory study guide Page
  • Select activity Examination 1 (PDF)

    

    Examination 1 (PDF) File
  • Select activity Examination 1 (LaTeX)

    

    Examination 1 (LaTeX) File
• Select section Week 4

  Week 4

  • Select activity "An Operating System for the Cloud," by G Pascal Zachary

    

    "An Operating System for the Cloud," by G Pascal Zachary URL

    This link will work only for members of the Cornell College community.

  • Select activity "Technological Progress and the Perpetual Learning Curve," by G Pascal Zachary

    

    "Technological Progress and the Perpetual Learning Curve," by G Pascal Zachary URL

    This link will only work for members of the Cornell College community.

  • Select activity "Inside Microsoft," by Stephanie D. Solomon

    

    "Inside Microsoft," by Stephanie D. Solomon URL

    This link will only work for members of the Cornell College community.

  • Select activity "Truth, Beauty, and the Virtual Machine," by David Gelernter

    

    "Truth, Beauty, and the Virtual Machine," by David Gelernter URL
  • Select activity Bonsai (JavaScript library for graphics)

    

    Bonsai (JavaScript library for graphics) URL
  • Select activity JavaScript | Codecademy

    

    JavaScript | Codecademy URL
  • Select activity Simulating allocation of space on a disk (zipped HTML/CSS/Javascript)

    

    Simulating allocation of space on a disk (zipped HTML/CSS/Javascript) File
  • Select activity IEEE Computer Society: Computing Conversations

    

    IEEE Computer Society: Computing Conversations URL
  • Select activity Work due during Week 4

    

    Work due during Week 4 Page