Preparations for clients session
To prepare yourselves for the following session, do subtasks 01.01 and 01.02, then look at the readings linked from this page.
Read to prepare yourselves to understand what we will be talking about during the following session:
- How Operating Systems Work by Dave Coustan and Curt Franklin, How Stuff Works. Look especially at the distinction between single-user, multi-tasking and multi-user operating systems
- Introduction to Client Server Networks by Bradley Mitchell, About.com
- you might also glance at How Laptops Work by by Tracy V. Wilson and Robert Valdes, How Stuff Works
- and at FTP Client Software Frequently Asked Questions, but don't purchase anything
on Open Source
read What does open source mean? in How Stuff Works
- This is part of the next session's discussion of operating systems.
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