Operating System (2 Credits)

Learning Outcomes:

Describe each of the components of the Operating Systems and their interrelationship;
Explain the concept and design of each of the components of the Operating System;
Relate the fundamental design to the current development of Operating System;
Apply different design strategy to measure the performance of the Operating System.

Topics:

Computer and Operating Systems Overview
Process Description and Control
Threads
Process Scheduling
Concurrency: Mutual Exclusion and Synchronization
Concurrency: Deadlock and Starvation
File Management
I/O Management and Disk Scheduling
Memory Management and Virtual Memory
Operating System Security