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A project for a course in operating systems

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 15, Issue 1

Pages 25 - 30

https://doi.org/10.1145/952978.801007

Published: 01 February 1983 Publication History

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A simulated machine approach to an operating systems course project is described. The motivations for including the project in the course are delineated. The reasons for selecting the particular type of project are given. The fictitious hardware and the requirements for its simulation are presented. The conceptual issues are amplified. The methodology for a high level process oriented design for a multiprogrammed batch environment is delineated. The primitives to be used in the design are described and motivated. The issues to be addressed in the actual implementation of the paper design are explored. Possible extensions to the project are suggested. Student feedback is presented. Conclusions are drawn.

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Shub CAusting RCassel L(1990)Should undergraduates explore internals of workstation operating systemsProceedings of the twenty-first SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education10.1145/323410.323423(111-115)Online publication date: 1-Feb-1990
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Shub C(1990)Should undergraduates explore internals of workstation operating systemsACM SIGCSE Bulletin10.1145/319059.32342322:1(111-115)Online publication date: 1-Feb-1990
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/319059.323423
Mead J(1988)The multiuser calculator: an operating system projectACM SIGCSE Bulletin10.1145/52965.5297320:1(32-35)Online publication date: 1-Feb-1988
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A project for a course in operating systems
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Model curricula
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software organization and properties
    1. Contextual software domains
      1. Operating systems

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 15, Issue 1

Proceedings of the 14th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

February 1983

301 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/952978

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SIGCSE '83: Proceedings of the fourteenth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
February 1983
307 pages
ISBN:0897910915
DOI:10.1145/800038
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Sheau-Dong Lang,
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Shub CAusting RCassel L(1990)Should undergraduates explore internals of workstation operating systemsProceedings of the twenty-first SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education10.1145/323410.323423(111-115)Online publication date: 1-Feb-1990
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/323410.323423
Shub C(1990)Should undergraduates explore internals of workstation operating systemsACM SIGCSE Bulletin10.1145/319059.32342322:1(111-115)Online publication date: 1-Feb-1990
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/319059.323423
Mead J(1988)The multiuser calculator: an operating system projectACM SIGCSE Bulletin10.1145/52965.5297320:1(32-35)Online publication date: 1-Feb-1988
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/52965.52973
Mead J(1988)The multiuser calculator: an operating system projectProceedings of the nineteenth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education10.1145/52964.52973(32-35)Online publication date: 1-Feb-1988
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