Assignment 1
Out: Wednesday, January 5
Due: Monday, Monday January 10
Read the text: Chapters 1-3, Chapter 4 through 4.3 (page 100).
Answer the following questions from Silberschatz and Galvin (5th ed):
1.4 (add part c. Is a dedicated machine necessarily more secure than a time-shared machine?), 1.5, 1.x: The chapter stresses the need for an OS to make efficient use of computing resources -- is this really as necessary on a single-user PC?
2.1, 2.3, 2.8, 2.10
3.6, 3.7, 3.10