Undergraduate Course: Operating Systems (INFR09015)
Course Outline
| School | School of Informatics |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Informatics |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/os |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course provides an introduction to the design and implementation of general purpose multi-tasking operating systems. It concentrates on the kernel aspects of such systems with the emphasis being on concepts which lead to practical implementations. Throughout the course reference is made to a number of significant actual operating systems (Linux, Windows variants etc.) to illustrate real implementations. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Successful completion of Year 2 of an Informatics Single or Combined Degree, or equivalent by permission of the School. |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
1 - describe the structure and components of modern operating systems
2 - explain the abstract concepts and concrete implementations of operating systems
3 - compare and contrast the differing approaches taken by various operating systems
4 - evaluate the suitability of differing approaches in different application domains
5 - design OS components to address particular needs |
Assessment Information
Written Examination 75
Assessed Assignments 25
Oral Presentations 0
Assessment
via Written Examination.
If delivered in semester 1, this course will have an option for semester 1 only visiting undergraduate students, providing assessment prior to the end of the calendar year. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Process management
*The process concept, synchronisation, mutual exclusion, semaphores and monitors. Threads. Inter-process communication.
Resource Allocation
*Deadlock prevention, avoidance and detection.
The OS Kernel
*Micro and Monolithic kernels. Multi-tasking, privilege, interrupt handling. System and user processes. System calls.
Memory Management
*Description of problems of allocation, protection and sharing. Virtual Physical memory mapping schemes.
*Segmented paged virtual memory. Paging control, replacement algorithms; the working set model. Sharing code and data.
Time Management
*CPU scheduling algorithms. Real-time scheduling. Disc access scheduling.
File Management
*Naming and Directory schemes. Disc space allocation. File protection and access control. System security.
Other Topics
*Various additional topics may be included from year to year.
Relevant QAA Computing Curriculum Sections: Operating Systems |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
* ** W. Stallings, 'Operating Systems, Internals and Design Principles' (5th edition or later), Prentice Hall, 2005.
* * A. Silbershatz and P. Galvin, 'Operating Systems Concepts', (7th edition), Addison-Wesley, 2005 |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Lectures 20
Tutorials 0
Timetabled Laboratories 0
Non-timetabled assessed assignments 50
Private Study/Other 30
Total 100 |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Vijayanand Nagarajan
Tel: (0131 6)51 3440
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Victoria Swann
Tel: (0131 6)51 7607
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