OPERATING SYSTEMS (2 SCU)

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to: LO1 – describe each of the components of the Operating Systems and their interrelationship; LO2 – demonstrate different techniques of the design of the Operating System; LO3 – relate the fundamental design to the current development of Operating System; LO4 – demonstrate the skills in programming to write user programs to interact with the operating system.

Topics:

1. Introduction to Operating Systems;
2. Processes;
3. Threads;
4. Multiple Processor System;
5. Process Scheduling;
6. Synchronization and Inter-process Communication;
7. Deadlock;
8. File Systems and Management;
9. Input and Output Management;
10. Memory Management;
11. Virtual Memory Management;
12. Security;
13. Virtualization and the Cloud.