CS 241 System Programming Final Study Guide - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign -, Study notes of Computer Science

Download CS 241 System Programming Final Study Guide - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - and more Study notes Computer Science in PDF only on Docsity! University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Computer Science Final Study Guide CS 241 System Programming Fall Semester, 2005 Recommended Readings: Tanenbaum Chapters 4.1-4.3.2, 4.4, 4.5.1, 6-6.3.4, 6.4.5 Robbins & Robbins Chapters 4, 5, 6, 18, 20 Recommended Exercises (Robbins & Robbins): Programs 4.1, 4.2, 4.13, 5.3 Examples 4.20, 18.2, 18.3, 18.6 Exercises 4.2, 4.5, 4.19, 4.25, 4.28, 4.32, 5.11, 18.1, 20.5 Review Lecture Slides, Machine Problems, and Newsgroup Posts Examine these topics: 1. File system storage techniques (i-node vs FAT vs linked-list etc) 2. I-node contents 3. Restart library 4. Piping/redirection 5. Ideal virtual memory sizes, ideal page frame sizes 6. Page replacement algorithms, strengths and weaknesses 7. Causes of fragmentation 8. Page preloading algorithms concept (what can be preloaded, and when) 9. TCP vs UDP vs multicast packets/sockets/communications 10. Ports vs sockets 11. UICI library 12. Processes vs threads when dealing with open file/socket descriptors 13. Abstract view of device drivers (where they are in the system, when/how they are used) 14. Other topics from before the midterm