CIS 155 – Paper Assignment Term Paper (100 points): this paper is due at the end of week 10. You may begin these papers immediately, but the paper cannot be turned into the professor before week 10. I...

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CIS 155 – Paper Assignment




Term Paper (100 points):
this paper is due at the end of week 10. You may begin these papers immediately, but the paper cannot be turned into the professor before week 10.
I encourage you to get a very early start on this assignment.
The requirements for the paper include the following:
• APA format
• Times New Roman 12 pt. Font
• Must include a coversheet, and reference pages
• Length must be at least 6 to 8 pages double spaced including the coversheet and references
•
Paper topic:
1- History of the origins of Unix
2- History of the origins of Linux
(your paper should cover both 1 & 2)

Important:
Your paper should comply with the APA format and should be free of any spelling or grammatical errors. Spelling or grammatical errors will affect your grade, for every spelling or grammatical error I will deduct 1% .




























CIS155: Writing Rubric











































































CATEGORY
4-

Exceptional

90 to 100 points
3 -

Satisfactory

80 to 89 points
2 -

Marginal

60 to 79 points
1-U
nsatisfactory

0 to 59 points

Introduction (Organization)

The introduction is inviting, states the main topic and previews the structure of the paper.The introduction clearly states the main topic and previews the structure of the paper, but is not particularly inviting to the reader.The introduction states the main topic, but does not adequately preview the structure of the paper nor is it particularly inviting to the reader.There is no clear introduction of the main topic or structure of the paper.

Sequencing (Organization)

Details are placed in a logical order and the way they are presented effectively keeps the interest of the reader.Details are placed in a logical order, but the way in which they are presented/introduced sometimes makes the writing less interesting.Some details are not in a logical or expected order, and this distracts the reader.Many details are not in a logical or expected order. There is little sense that the writing is organized.

Transitions (Organization)

A variety of thoughtful transitions are used. They clearly show how ideas are connected.Transitions clearly show how ideas are connected, but there is little variety.Some transitions work well; but connections between other ideas are fuzzy.The transitions between ideas are unclear or nonexistent.

Accuracy of Facts (Content)

All supportive facts are reported accurately.Almost all supportive facts are reported accurately.Most supportive facts are reported accurately.NO facts are reported OR most are inaccurately reported.

Support for Topic (Content)

Relevant, telling, quality details give the reader important information that goes beyond the obvious or predictable.Supporting details and information are relevant, but one key issue or portion of the storyline is unsupported.Supporting details and information are relevant, but several key issues or portions of the storyline are unsupported.Supporting details and information are typically unclear or not related to the topic.

Focus on Topic (Content)

There is one clear, well-focused topic. Main idea stands out and is supported by detailed information.Main idea is clear but the supporting information is general.Main idea is somewhat clear but there is a need for more supporting information.The main idea is not clear. There is a seemingly random collection of information.

Capitalization & Punctuation (Conventions)

Writer makes no errors in capitalization or punctuation, so the paper is exceptionally easy to read.Writer makes 1 or 2 errors in capitalization or punctuation, but the paper is still easy to read.Writer makes a few errors in capitalization and/or punctuation that catch the reader's attention and interrupt the flow.Writer makes several errors in capitalization and/or punctuation that catch the reader's attention and greatly interrupt the flow.

Grammar & Spelling (Conventions)

Writer makes no errors in grammar or spelling that distracts the reader from the content.Writer makes 1-2 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.Writer makes 3-4 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.Writer makes more than 4 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.

Sources (Content)

All sources used for quotes and facts are credible and cited correctly.All sources used for quotes and facts are credible and most are cited correctly.Most sources used for quotes and facts are credible and cited correctly.Many sources used for quotes and facts are less than credible (suspect) and/or are not cited correctly.

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Answer To: CIS 155 – Paper Assignment Term Paper (100 points): this paper is due at the end of week 10. You may...

David answered on Dec 21 2021
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Introduction
This paper presents a history of origin of the early development of Unix and Linux operating
system. It concentrates on the events happened which led Unix and Linux to come to shape in
which they are today.
The paper has been divided into two parts: Part A - It will include introduction of Unix operating
system, followed by series of events, along with dates, of evolution of Unix. Part B - It will
present a briefing on Linux operating system and then move on to origin history of Linux.
PART - A
Unix
It has been a popular operating system for more than two decades. Reasons behind this are multi-
user capability, multi-tasking environment, stability, portability and powerful network abilities.
Its success has to the development and adoption of many versions. Unix code is flexible and
open-source. Because of this, many universities, corporates, research institutes and government
bodies to make their own “Unix” as per their requirements.
History of origin of Unix
Following is the history of development of UNIX:
The Beginning - 1969
The history of UNIX started in 1969. It happened when Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and
others started working at Bell Labs on “little-used PDP-7”. “little-used PDP-7” is the one which
was going to become UNIX.
First Edition - 1971
“little-used PDP-7” had an assembler for a PDP-11/20, for (), file system, roff, etc. Text
processing of patent documents were being done by it.
Fourth Edition - 1973
C language was used to write it. Use of this programming language made it portable and history
of operating systems got changed.
Sixth Edition - 1975
Then Unix came of Labs. This version was the 6th version. It was made available outside of Bell
Labs. The first version (1.x) of BSD was derived from Version 6 (V6).
Seventh Edition - 1979
This edition was an improvement over all proceeding and following Unices. C, UUCP and
Bourne shell were part of it. Thereafter it was ported to VAX which made the size of kernel to
goes into more than 40 Kilobytes (K).
Xenix - 1980
Xenix was introduced by Microsoft. introduces Xenix. Along with it, 32V and 4BSD were also
introduced.
System III - 1982
Outside Bell Labs, the first public release of UNIX System Group (USG) release System III of
AT& came into picture. Shipment of SunOS was done. This year also saw the introduction
of HP-UX.
System V - 1983
Merger of UNIX System Group (USG) , Computer Research Group (CRG) and a third group
took place at UNIX development lab. UNIX system V was announced by AT&T which was the
first stable release and had a installed base of 45,000.
4.2BSD - 1984
At Berkeley 4.2BSD was released by University of California. It included TCP/IP, new signals
and so on. Formation of x/Open happened.
SVR2 - 1984
Introduction of System V Release 2 happened. By this time, there were 100,1000 Unix
installations all over the world.
4.3BSD - 1986
4.3BSD was released which consisted of an internet name server....
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