CP2002 - Operating Systems

Credit points:	03
Year:	2005
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:

Hardware considerations; operating system basics; processes; threads; CPU scheduling; process synchronisation; deadlocks; memory management; virtual memory; file system interface; I/O systems.

Learning Outcomes

• appreciate the purpose, functions, design and implementation issues involved with the components of modern operating systems;
• review memory system organisation and I/O peripherals;
• review the building blocks of computer hardware (bus, memory, processors) and the architecture of a general purpose computer;
• understand how operating system design decisions affect application performance and design;
• understand how operating system facilities are used in application programming;
• understand the nature of facilities provided by operating systems.

Prerequisites:

CP1300

Availabilities
, , Study Period 22
Census Date 31-Aug-2005
Coord/Lect:	jc134749.
Contact hours:	39 hours 13 hours 26 hours
Assessment:	(40% - 70%); (10% - 60%); (% - 50%).

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