OPERATING SYSTEMS
Assignment Submission Cover Grading Sheet: Project (10%)
The assignment is intended to provide you the opportunity to:
1. Understand the basic operating principles and concepts of an operating system
2. Identify the strengths and weaknesses of a certain operating system
3. Compare features of operating systems
Proposal Submission Due Date: Before 23/11/2014 (SUNDAY) (2 marks)
No Student Name Job Assigned Final Score
1 Introduction, History, Conclusion, References
2 Architectures (Process, Memory) Management
3 Architectures (File and I/O) Management
4 Comparisons, Key technical improvement(s) from its predecessor
You may choose a topic from the following operating system:
Project Name Presentation Date 1st Student 2nd Student 3rd Student 4th Student
7 /1211/1 Name Name Name Name
1 MS DOS 7/12
2 Windows 95 7/12
3 Windows 98 14/12
4 Windows NT 14/12
5 Windows Me 21/12
6 Windows XP 21/12
7 Windows Vista 28/12
8 Windows 7 28/12
9 Windows 8 4/1
10 UNIX System (version _____) 4/1
11 LINUX System (version _____) 11/1
12 UNIX System (version _____) 11/1
13 LINUX System (version _____) 11/1
14 Mach 11/1
15 OS/2 18/1
16 Solaris (version _______) 18/1
17 Solaris (version _______) 18/1
18 Solaris (version _______) 18/1
19 Android 18/1
20 iOS 18/1
Things to submit:
The hardcopy of a project that should contain the following:
[Link] 2. History 3. Architectures (Process, Memory, File and I/O) management
4. Comparisons 5. Key technical improvement(s) from its predecessor 6. Conclusion 7. References
Important Remark: copying is a serious offend, collaborating and helping are different from blindly copying.
1. You should write a short proposal (one page) for your chosen topic and submit it by Saturday, 23
November 2014 with this page after filling your names and job assigned. However, each topic can
be selected by 2 groups at maximum. The registration of the topics will be based on the first come first
serve basis. (You can propose to work on an operating system not listed above).
Note: 2 marks for proposal submission.
2. Your research report should follow the following format:
(i) Not more than 8 pages of A4 size paper.
(ii) Font type: Times New Roman, font size: 12
(iii) 1.5 line spacing, Alignment.
3. You need to demonstrate your research during the presentation. Plan your talk for 10 minutes and allow
time for the audience to ask questions about your project.
Dr. Monir Abdullah
Date: 16/11/2014