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27 September 2010
- 19:4419:44, 27 September 2010 diff hist +274 N COMP 3000 Essay 1 2010 Question 12 Created page with '=Question= There have been multiple attempts to have operating systems use databases or database-like stores. What have been some of the major past attempts at this? What was th…'
- 19:4419:44, 27 September 2010 diff hist +146 N COMP 3000 Essay 1 2010 Question 11 Created page with '=Question= Why are object stores an increasingly attractive building block for filesystems (as opposed to block-based stores)? Explain. =Answer='
- 19:4419:44, 27 September 2010 diff hist +170 N COMP 3000 Essay 1 2010 Question 10 Created page with '=Question= How do the constraints of flash storage affect the design of flash-optimized file systems? Explain by contrasting with hard disk-based file systems. =Answer='
- 19:4319:43, 27 September 2010 diff hist +288 N COMP 3000 Essay 1 2010 Question 9 Created page with '=Question= What requirements distinguish the Zettabyte File System (ZFS) from traditional file systems? How are those requirements realized in ZFS, and how do other operating sy…'
- 19:4319:43, 27 September 2010 diff hist +178 N COMP 3000 Essay 1 2010 Question 8 Created page with '=Question= What is the history of POSIX Threads (pthreads)? Consider - does this history explain why UNIX was so late to implement support for multithreaded processes? =Answer='
- 19:4319:43, 27 September 2010 diff hist +274 N COMP 3000 Essay 1 2010 Question 7 Created page with '=Question= How is it possible for systems to supports millions of threads or more within a single process? What are the key design choices that make such systems work - and how …'
- 19:4219:42, 27 September 2010 diff hist +192 N COMP 3000 Essay 1 2010 Question 6 Created page with '=Question= What are some examples of notable systems that have failed due to flawed efforts at mutual exclusion and/or race conditions? How significant was the failure in each c…'
- 19:4219:42, 27 September 2010 diff hist +105 N COMP 3000 Essay 1 2010 Question 5 Created page with '=Question= Compare and contrast the evolution of the default BSD/FreeBSD and Linux schedulers. =Answer='
- 19:4219:42, 27 September 2010 diff hist +231 N COMP 3000 Essay 1 2010 Question 4 Created page with '=Question= What "operating systems" have been implemented in the following languages: LISP, Modula-3, Smalltalk, Java? To what extent do these systems match the capabilities of …'
- 19:4119:41, 27 September 2010 diff hist +235 N COMP 3000 Essay 1 2010 Question 3 Created page with '=Question= To what extent do modern Windows systems provide mainframe-equivalent functionality? What about Windows coupled with add-on commercial products such as VMWare's virtu…'
- 19:4019:40, 27 September 2010 diff hist +290 N COMP 3000 Essay 1 2010 Question 2 Created page with '=Question= How do the available system calls in modern versions of the Linux Kernel (2.6.30+) compare with the system calls available in the earliest versions of UNIX? How has th…'
- 19:3919:39, 27 September 2010 diff hist +221 N COMP 3000 Essay 1 2010 Question 1 Created page with '=Question= To what extent can exokernels be seen as a compromise between virtual machines and microkernels? Explain how the key design characteristics of these three system archi…'
- 19:0719:07, 27 September 2010 diff hist +2,853 N COMP 3000 Essay 1 2010 Questions Created page with '# [[COMP 3000 Essay 1 2010 Question 1|To what extent can exokernels be seen as a compromise between virtual machines and microkernels? Explain how the key design characteristics…'
- 19:0319:03, 27 September 2010 diff hist +37 Operating Systems (Fall 2010) →Lectures and Deadlines
26 September 2010
- 18:1118:11, 26 September 2010 diff hist 0 COMP 3000 Lab 2 2010 →Permissions
- 18:1018:10, 26 September 2010 diff hist 0 COMP 3000 Lab 2 2010 →Processes
- 18:0918:09, 26 September 2010 diff hist +1 COMP 3000 Lab 2 2010 →Processes
- 18:0818:08, 26 September 2010 diff hist +180 COMP 3000 Lab 2 2010 No edit summary
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- 17:5217:52, 26 September 2010 diff hist +7,746 N COMP 3000 Lab 2 2010 Created page with '==Part A (Mandatory)== ===The Shell=== The shell or command line provides a text interface for running programs. While not as visually pleasing as a graphical interface, the s…'
- 13:0013:00, 26 September 2010 diff hist +25 Operating Systems (Fall 2010) →Lectures and Deadlines
25 September 2010
- 04:4504:45, 25 September 2010 diff hist +391 COMP 3000 Assignment 1 2010 No edit summary
- 04:3904:39, 25 September 2010 diff hist +2,397 N COMP 3000 Assignment 1 2010 Created page with '# To what extent can exokernels be seen as a compromise between virtual machines and microkernels? Explain how the key design characteristics of how these three system architect…'
23 September 2010
- 18:2018:20, 23 September 2010 diff hist +32 Operating Systems (Fall 2010) →Lectures and Deadlines
- 18:1918:19, 23 September 2010 diff hist +6 Operating Systems (Fall 2010) →Lectures and Deadlines
21 September 2010
- 17:5417:54, 21 September 2010 diff hist +778 SCS Curriculum Reinvention Committee →Survey of theory requirements in other Canadian Honours programs
- 15:4515:45, 21 September 2010 diff hist +9 Operating Systems (Fall 2010) →Class Help
- 15:4415:44, 21 September 2010 diff hist +128 Operating Systems (Fall 2010) →Class Help
- 15:4115:41, 21 September 2010 diff hist +156 Operating Systems (Fall 2010) No edit summary
20 September 2010
- 16:4416:44, 20 September 2010 diff hist +350 COMP 3000 Lab 1 2010 →Part B (Optional)
- 16:3516:35, 20 September 2010 diff hist +1,477 COMP 3000 Lab 1 2010 →Part A (Mandatory)
- 16:1316:13, 20 September 2010 diff hist +568 N COMP 3000 Lab 1 2010 Created page with '==Part A (Mandatory)== This part is to be completed in class. # Create a VM, boot live CD \item create VM, boot install to HD or USB stick \item how much RAM does the VM use on…'
- 16:1116:11, 20 September 2010 diff hist +19 Operating Systems (Fall 2010) No edit summary
13 September 2010
- 15:5515:55, 13 September 2010 diff hist +93 Operating Systems (Fall 2010) →Lectures and Deadlines
- 15:5315:53, 13 September 2010 diff hist +37 Operating Systems (Fall 2010) →Lectures and Deadlines
- 15:5015:50, 13 September 2010 diff hist +2,990 Operating Systems (Fall 2010) No edit summary
12 September 2010
- 17:5817:58, 12 September 2010 diff hist +66 N Distributed OS: Winter 2011 Created page with 'Notes from the Winter 2011 Distributed OS class will be here soon.'
- 17:5817:58, 12 September 2010 diff hist +4 Main Page →COMP 4000/5102 (Distributed Operating Systems)
- 17:5717:57, 12 September 2010 diff hist −80 Main Page No edit summary
- 17:5617:56, 12 September 2010 diff hist 0 Main Page →COMP 3000 (Operating Systems)
8 September 2010
- 19:1619:16, 8 September 2010 diff hist +38 N Operating Systems (Fall 2010) Created page with 'This will be the page for Fall 2010 OS'
7 September 2010
- 15:2615:26, 7 September 2010 diff hist +45 N MediaWiki:Sidebar Created page with '* navigation ** mainpage|mainpage-description'
31 August 2010
- 19:0419:04, 31 August 2010 diff hist +349 SCS Curriculum Reinvention Committee →COMP 1805
- 18:2218:22, 31 August 2010 diff hist +87 SCS Curriculum Reinvention Committee →Rationale
- 18:1818:18, 31 August 2010 diff hist +367 SCS Curriculum Reinvention Committee →COMP 1406
- 18:0818:08, 31 August 2010 diff hist +919 SCS Curriculum Reinvention Committee →COMP 1405
- 17:5517:55, 31 August 2010 diff hist +1,694 SCS Curriculum Reinvention Committee →Course Learning Objectives
14 August 2010
- 01:5401:54, 14 August 2010 diff hist −81 m Distributed OS Overview Reverted edits by Katrinewhite79 (Talk) to last revision by Bishopdesmond33 current