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 The following is required: 1. Drop off a hard copy of the assignment into the CSE3221 assignment dropoff box which is located on the first floor of CSEB, behind the department office. 2. Electronically submit the assignment to the course directory /cs/course/3221/submit/a2 using the “submit” command. You may use “man submit” to learn how to use the submit command.
+Following the advice in the answer to Question 3 in FAQs is likely to make doing Assignment 2 easier.
+===== November 3, 2010 =====
+Assignment 3 has been posted in the CSE3221 course directory on red: /cs/course/3221/3221assgn3_F10.pdf
+The Due Date for Assignment 3 is Friday, December 10, 2010, 17:30.
+Please also note that **the due date of this assignment, Friday December 10, 2010,
+falls on the Last Day to Hand In Term Work** according to the University
+Regulations. Thus it will not be possible to postpone the due date of this
+assignment. So please plan carefully in advance in order to make sure that you
+will be able to complete this assignment before the posted due date.
+A maximum number of two students may work together in a group to complete Assignment 3.
+Please also note that submitting an assignment that includes code from any other source without explicit acknowledgment may lead to charges of academic dishonesty. Please refer to the Department's Guidelines on Academic Honesty at http://www.cse.yorku.ca/admin/coscOnAcadHonesty.html
+===== November 11, 2010 =====
+The CSE3221 Midterm Test marks are posted in the course directory. To obtain your CSE3221 Midterm Test mark, log in to your cs account on Red, then type in the following command:
+courseInfo 3221 2010-11 F
+===== December 8, 2010 =====
+The CSE 3221 section A Final Exam will be held on:
+Time: Wednesday December 22, 2010, 9:00-12:00
+Location: SLH E (Stedman Lecture Hall Room 'E')
+The Final Exam will cover the following:
+a) Chapters 1-6, and Chapters 8-9 of the textbook “Operating System Concepts” 8th Edition.
+b) The slides OS_ch1.pdf, OS_ch2.pdf, OS_ch3.pdf, OS_ch4.pdf, OS_ch5.pdf, OS_ch6.pdf, OS_ch8.pdf, OS_ch9.pdf, - as well as all the material covered in all the lectures.
+It is possible that the Final Exam may include true/false questions, questions that require short answers, questions that require calculations, questions that may require the drawing of diagrams, questions that require slightly longer answers, questions that may require the writing of short programs using pseudo C code similar to that used throughout the textbook, and other possible question formats.
+- Please note that, in order to make sure that everyone in the class gets exactly the same information regarding the Final Exam, the instructor will not answer individual e-mail questions regarding what will be on and what will not be on the Final Exam, because that would not be fair to those students who do not receive such information. - If you have any questions related to the Final Exam, please ask such questions during the lectures.
+===== January 7, 2011 =====
+The unofficial final grades are available by typing the following command on the Red machine:
+courseInfo 3221 2010-11 F