For the first week of CST 334, we did some readings that helped explain the purpose and design of an operating system. Two of the main purposes of an operating system are acting as a resource manager and to provide a layer of abstraction between the user and the hardware. This allows the average user to interact with the computer's software and components without having to have a thorough knowledge of low-level language.
During the lab portion of this week, we covered how to use GDB to trace our steps through a program. We utilized GDB in my computer architecture class, but I never quite got the hang of it. Hopefully I will get more practice using it in this class as it seems more comprehensive than my constant use of print statements. For the programming assignment, we brushed up on some C programming by doing some string manipulation and playing with pointers. It was definitely a good refresher.
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