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433-332 Operating Systems | |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Prof Rao Kotagiri |
Prerequisites | 433-252 and 433-253 |
Pre/corequisites | Computer Engineering 431-204 or Computer Science 433-251 (from 2000: Electrical Engineering 431-102) |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | 24 hours of lectures and approximately 12 hours of practice classes |
Subject Description | The objective of this subject is for students: to understand the function of operating system components and their interactions; to be able to exploit operating system facilities to improve the functionality and efficiency of programs; and to be able to evaluate the suitability of a given operating system for a given task. Topics covered include: Operating system structure: interrupts, system calls. Memory management: paging, segmentation. Concurrent processes: mutual exclusion, synchronisation, deadlocks, scheduling. Input/output, DMA. File systems, security. Introduction to distributed systems. |
Assessment | Project work (expected to take about 36 hours) during semester; and one written examination (not exceeding three hours) at the end of the semester. The project work must be completed satisfactorily to pass the subject. Weighting of assessment components will be advised at the commencement of the subject. |
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