CP2402 - Operating Systems and Architectures
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | Discipline of Information Technology (pre 2009) |
Hardware considerations; operating system basics; processes; threads; CPU scheduling; process synchronisation; deadlocks; memory management; virtual memory; file system interface; I/O systems.
Learning Outcomes
- Be able to describe computer architecture, including CPU, memory systems,buses, I/O and peripherals; and understand principles of computer design,performance and cost;
- Be able to explain how computer architecture impacts on system performance in terms of instruction set design, code density, and space/time tradeoffs;
- Understand how operating system design decisions affect application performance and design;
- Understand the nature of services managed by operating systems including file systems, processes and threads and their scheduling, virtual memory, and access control;
- Appreciate the purpose, functions, design and implementation issues involved with the components of modern operating systems and understand how operating system facilities are used in application programming.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
- The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
- The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
- The ability to select and use appropriate IT tools.
| Prerequisites: | CP1200 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 31-Aug-2007 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Carrie Lui |
| Lecturer: | jc153667. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (65%); quizzes or tests (10%); assignments (15%); lab classes (10%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 31-Aug-2007 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Carrie Lui |
| Lecturer: | jc153667. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (65%); quizzes or tests (10%); assignments (15%); lab classes (10%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51 | |
| Census Date 30-Mar-2007 | |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (65%); quizzes or tests (10%); assignments (15%); lab classes (10%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 31-Aug-2007 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Carrie Lui |
| Lecturer: | jc172880. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (65%); quizzes or tests (10%); assignments (15%); lab classes (10%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53 | |
| Census Date 14-Dec-2007 | |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (65%); quizzes or tests (10%); assignments (15%); lab classes (10%). |
| ITTI Sydney, Internal, Study Period 21 | |
| Census Date 11-May-2007 | |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (65%); quizzes or tests (10%); assignments (15%); lab classes (10%). |
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