CS 111: Operating Systems Principles
Course Description
This class introduces the basic facilities provided by modern operating systems. The course divides into three major sections. The first part of the course discusses concurrency: how to manage multiple tasks that execute at the same time and share resources. Topics in this section include processes and threads, context switching, synchronization, scheduling, and deadlock. The second part of the course addresses the problem of memory management; it will cover topics such as linking, dynamic memory allocation, dynamic address translation, virtual memory, and demand paging. The third major part of the course concerns file systems, including topics such as storage devices, disk management and scheduling, directories, protection, and crash recovery. After these three major topics, the class will conclude with a few smaller topics such as flash memory and virtual machines.General Information
Lectures
MWF 11:30-12:20, Skilling Auditorium (PollEverywhere)
Sections
TBD
Office Hours
Midterm Exam
Thursday, May 9, 7:30-9:00pm (420-040)
Final Exam
Wednesday, June 12, 8:30-11:30am (Location TBD)
Upcoming Lectures
Upcoming Assignments
Course Staff
Emma Escandon
Course Assistant
emmaee@stanford
Yash Govil
Course Assistant
ygovil@stanford
Priya Khandelwal
Course Assistant
priyak9@stanford
Sumer Kohli
Course Assistant
sumerk@stanford
Michela Marchini
Course Assistant
marchini@stanford
Shruti Verma
Course Assistant
shrutive@stanford.edu
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Old Exams:
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2021 Midterm #1: exam, solution