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 The course outline is a guideline to topics that will be discussed in the course, and when they will be discussed:
-===== Week 1 =====
+===== Weeks 1 and 2 =====
+**Introduction**: multiprogramming, multitasking, interrupt-driven, kernel, system calls, etc.  (chapters 1,2)
-Your notes here.
+===== Week 3 =====
+**Process**: concept, PCB, context switch, Inter-Process Communication (IPC), Unix programming (signals, pipes, message queues).  (chapter 3)
-===== Week 2 =====
+===== Week 4 =====
+**Thread**: concept (vs process), thread models, multithreaded programming (Pthreads). (Chapter 4)
+===== Week 5 =====
+**CPU scheduling**: criteria, algorithm, implementation. (chapter 5)
+===== Week 6 =====
+**Process Synchronization (I)**: critical-section problem & example, bakery algorithm, Peterson’s solution. (chapter 6.1-6.3)
 ===== Midterm =====
-===== Drop Deadline =====
+===== Week 7 =====
+**Process Synchronization (II)**: hardware solution, semaphore, classic problems (B-B, R-W,_ D-P); high-level tools (monitor). (chapter 6.4-6.8)
+===== Week 8 =====
+**Deadlock**. (chapter 7)
-===== Week 13 =====
+===== Week 9 =====
+**Memory Management (I)**: logical vs. physical memory, address binding, Contiguous memory allocation. (chapter 8.1-8.3)
-===== Final Exam =====
+===== Week 10 =====
+**Memory Management (II)**: paging, segmentation, examples. (chapter 8.4-8.8)
+===== Week 11 =====
+**Virtual Memory**: demand paging, replacement, thrashing. (chapter 9)
+===== Week 12 =====
+**Protection and Security** (chapters 14 and 15)