Unix Literacy for First-Year Computer Science Students

Tyson Kendon; Ben Stephenson

doi:10.1145/2910925.2910930

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Unix Literacy for First-Year Computer Science Students

Tyson Kendon Ben Stephenson

Year: 2016 Pages: 1-4

DOI: 10.1145/2910925.2910930

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Abstract

Many students entering computer science courses today do not have prior experience using a command line interface. Yet, our computing environment is Linux-based, and our instructors expect students to quickly learn to perform tasks like managing files, editing source code, and compiling and running programs from the command line.

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Unix Computer science Operating system Interface (matter) Source code Line (geometry) Programming language Multimedia Software engineering Software

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Experimental Learning in Engineering

Physical Sciences → Engineering → Media Technology

Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems

Physical Sciences → Computer Science → Computer Networks and Communications

Scientific Computing and Data Management

Social Sciences → Decision Sciences → Information Systems and Management

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