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JC2505: OPERATING SYSTEMS PRINCIPLES (2022-2023)

Last modified: 31 May 2022 13:30


Course Overview

This course discusses core concepts and architectures of operating systems, in particular the management of processes, memory and storage structures. Students will learn about the scheduling and operation of processes and threads, problems of concurrency and means to avoid race conditions and deadlock situations. The course will discuss virtual memory management, file systems and issues of security and recovery. In weekly practical session, students will gain a deeper understanding of operating system concepts with various programming exercises.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 2
Term Second Term Credit Points 17.5 credits (8.75 ECTS credits)
Campus Offshore Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Ms Sheryl MacKay

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

Comparative and historical studies of operating systems.

  • OS structure and services: system calls, system programs, virtualisation.
  • Processes and threads: scheduling, operation, co-operation and communication. Synchronisation, semaphores and deadlock handling.
  • Memory management: logical and physical address spaces, swapping, segmentation and paging. File systems, directory structure, and storage allocation. Protection and security. Comparing and contrasting examples and case studies from a variety of operating systems.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Computer Programming Exercise

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 30
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Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualUnderstandPossession of knowledge and understanding of core principles and concepts of operating systems in terms of both architecture and OS management abstractions, e.g. processes, memory, storage
ProceduralAnalyseAbility to analyse advantages and disadvantages of choices in management of processes and threads, scheduling, concurrency, resource competition, virtual memory, file system, and I/O
ProceduralApplyAbility to recognize and apply OS features in design and implementation of applications (e.g., thread programming, IPC, concurrency), and to assess and communicate performance and security issues

Exam

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 70
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Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualUnderstandPossession of knowledge and understanding of core principles and concepts of operating systems in terms of both architecture and OS management abstractions, e.g. processes, memory, storage
ProceduralAnalyseAbility to analyse advantages and disadvantages of choices in management of processes and threads, scheduling, concurrency, resource competition, virtual memory, file system, and I/O
ProceduralApplyAbility to recognize and apply OS features in design and implementation of applications (e.g., thread programming, IPC, concurrency), and to assess and communicate performance and security issues

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Same as above with continuous assessment mark carried forward

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
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Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualUnderstandPossession of knowledge and understanding of core principles and concepts of operating systems in terms of both architecture and OS management abstractions, e.g. processes, memory, storage
ProceduralAnalyseAbility to analyse advantages and disadvantages of choices in management of processes and threads, scheduling, concurrency, resource competition, virtual memory, file system, and I/O
ProceduralApplyAbility to recognize and apply OS features in design and implementation of applications (e.g., thread programming, IPC, concurrency), and to assess and communicate performance and security issues

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