This is a list of must-know buzzwords as of Oct 29:
(This is NOT a complete list.)

before MT1
  Multi-tasking
    cooperative (also called voluntary)
    preemptive (also called true)
  HW protection
  dual mode
  protected mode
  Virtualization
  VMware
  Storage hierarchy
  Drivers
  Layers of an OS
  Shell
  Process versus Thread
  PCB: Process Control Block
  Pipelining
  Distributed Systems
  Real-Time Systems
  Interrupt
  DMA
  Recursion
  Cygwin
  CP/M
  Mainframe
  Punchcard
  Magnetic disks: how they work

between MT1 & MT2
  Compile - narrow and wide meanings
  Link
  NYU Linker problem
  Make program
  Sempahore
  Mutex
  Atomic Operations
  TestAndSet operation
  Wait and Signal Operations
  Dijkstra
  Spin-lock
  Critical section
  Dekker's Algorithm
  Peterson's Algorithm
  Implementing FIFO buffers
  Dining Philosophers (DP) problem
  Starvation
  Fairness
  Average Wait-time
  Resource Requirement Graph
  Detecting cycles in a graph
  DP scheduling problems with a referee
  Deadlock detection, avoidance, prevention
  Banker's algorithm.