Homework 1

Out: Monday, January 6

Due: Friday, January 10

Read the text: Silberschatz Chapters 1-3

Problems in text:

1.4, 1.11

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 with,
e.g., a 3 GHz processor?

2.3, 2.9, 2.10, 3.7, 3.11, 3.12