CS502 Final Exam Topic Outline

Here is an outline of the topics that might be on the final exam:

• I/O Devices
  • Hardware
  • Software
  • Disks
    • Scheduling
  • Clocks
• File Systems
  • Concepts
  • Implementation
    • Files
    • Directories
    • Storing files (aliases)
  • Disk management
    • Blocks
    • Partitions
  • Partitions
• Sockets
  • Connection semantics (IP address + Port)
  • Basic functionality (socket(), connect(), ...)
  • Concurrent servers
• "Efficient Operating System Support for Group Unicast"
  • Motivation
  • Group unicast concept
  • Interpreting graphs

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