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California State University Stanislaus

CS 3750-005: Operating Systems I

Spring 2026

11:00-11:50 am, M W F, Bizzini 115, Dr. Megan Thomas

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Welcome to CS3750-005, an introduction to operating systems. Topics include:

Introduction to computer operating system design and implementation issues. Historical development of operating systems; management of processes, concurrent processes, memory, storage, and I/O systems; protection and security; ethical issues relating to security and privacy; and case studies of operating systems. 3 units.

Prerequisites: CS 3100 and CS 3740.

Announcements and Upcoming Events

28 Jan 2026

Welcome to CS 3750!

Homeworks

	Points
Lab 1	10

Resources

On-line Resources

• Unix Commands
• 100 Useful Unix Commands
• 50 Most Frequently Used UNIX / Linux Commands (With Examples)
• Operating Systems
• Linux OS source code
• Android OS source code
• Ubuntu OS source code
• GitHub Open Source Operating Systems collection
• TinyOS OS source code, created by the TinyOS project
• Operating Systems History
• Microsoft DOS V1.1 and V2.0 source code
• Operating Systems Experts
• SIGOPS: ACM Special Interest Group on Operating Systems
• Usenix, particularly OSDI: the USENIX Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation
• "Reflections on trusting trust" by Ken Thompson. A two page read, and a humdinger -- I recommend it. (A reprinting of his Turing Award Lecture.) Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie won their Turing Award for contributions to operating systems -- Unix, most particularly.

Fun News

• "11 Oddball Technology Records You Probably Didn't Know", IEEE Spectrum, 02 Oct 2025. (You probably need to be on campus to view this article; it may be paywalled.)
• "To counter AI cheating, companies bring back in-person job interviews", ComputerWorld.com, 26 Aug 2025
• "The 7 hottest jobs in IT", cio.com, 3 June 2025
• "Ten Year IT Job Outlook: Positive News for Cybersecurity, Software Development, and Management Roles", Peter Tsai, spiceworks.com, 13 Jan 2025
• Podcast: "Where the Internet Lives". A Google-centric view into the insides of data centers, and interviews with assorted people who work at them. May give you insights into possible future careers.
• Podcast: "Episode 434: Steven Skiena on Preparing for the Data Structures and Algorithm Job Interview" of the Software Engineering Radio podcast. (10 Nov 2020)