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A top-down, laboratory based operating system course

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 9, Issue 1

Pages 73 - 76

https://doi.org/10.1145/382063.803362

Published: 01 February 1977 Publication History

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An operating system course is described which is organized in a top-down fashion and strongly emphasizes the concept of “learning by doing.” The course content and the corresponding laboratory assignments are discussed. The suggested modularization of the laboratory provides substantial flexibility for course emphasis.

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Shub C(1990)Should undergraduates explore internals of workstation operating systemsACM SIGCSE Bulletin10.1145/319059.32342322:1(111-115)Online publication date: 1-Feb-1990
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A top-down, laboratory based operating system course
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software organization and properties
    1. Contextual software domains
      1. Operating systems

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 9, Issue 1

Special issue seventh technical symposium on computer science education

Feb 1977

187 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/382063

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SIGCSE '77: Proceedings of the seventh SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
February 1977
187 pages
ISBN:9781450374071
DOI:10.1145/800104
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Shub CAusting RCassel L(1990)Should undergraduates explore internals of workstation operating systemsProceedings of the twenty-first SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education10.1145/323410.323423(111-115)Online publication date: 1-Feb-1990
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/323410.323423
Shub C(1990)Should undergraduates explore internals of workstation operating systemsACM SIGCSE Bulletin10.1145/319059.32342322:1(111-115)Online publication date: 1-Feb-1990
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/319059.323423
Shub CDavis PMcClintock V(1987)Exploring operating system internals with workstationsProceedings of the 15th annual conference on Computer Science10.1145/322917.322960(269-272)Online publication date: 1-Feb-1987
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/322917.322960
Shub CAusting RCassel L(1990)Should undergraduates explore internals of workstation operating systemsProceedings of the twenty-first SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education10.1145/323410.323423(111-115)Online publication date: 1-Feb-1990
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/323410.323423
Shub C(1990)Should undergraduates explore internals of workstation operating systemsACM SIGCSE Bulletin10.1145/319059.32342322:1(111-115)Online publication date: 1-Feb-1990
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