Undergraduate Course: Operating Systems (INFR10079)
Course Outline
| School | School of Informatics |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course provides an introduction to the design and implementation of modern general-purpose operating systems. It concentrates on the operating system kernel with the emphasis being on concepts that lead to practical implementations. Throughout the course reference is made to a number of widely-adopted general-purpose operating systems (including Linux, Windows, and OS X) to illustrate real implementations. An educational operating system is used for the coursework.
This course is a required pre-requisite for the optional fourth-year course Internet of Things: Systems, Security, and the Cloud.
This Level 10 course replaces INFR09047 - Operating Systems (Level 9).
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| Course description |
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
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | Students MUST NOT also be taking
Operating Systems (INFR09047)
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Other requirements | This course is open to all Informatics students including those on joint degrees. For external students, where this course is not listed in your DPT, please seek special permission from the course organiser (lecturer). |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students are required to have comparable background to that assumed by the course prerequisites listed in the Degree Regulations & Programmes of Study. If in doubt, consult the course organiser (lecturer). |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Describe the structure and components of modern operating systems
- Explain the abstract concepts and concrete implementations of operating systems
- Compare and contrast the differing approaches taken by various operating systems
- Evaluate the suitability of differing approaches in different application domains
- Design OS components to address particular needs
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Reading List
A. Silbershatz, P. Galvin, and G. Gagne, 'Operating Systems Concepts' (10th Edition), John Wiley Addison-Wesley, 2018
W. Stallings, 'Operating Systems, Internals and Design Principles' (5th edition or later), Prentice Hall, 2005.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Antonio Barbalace
Tel:
Email: abarbala@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Michelle Bain
Tel: (0131 6)51 7607
Email: michelle.bain@ed.ac.uk |
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