Operating Systems

Themes include:

• processor architecture
• operating system concepts
• kernel
• system calls
• processes and threads
• process communication
• concurrency and synchronisation
• scheduling
• virtual memory
• paging and segmentation
• page replacement algorithms
• design and implementation
• file system implementation
• input/output
• deadlocks
• virtualisation
• object safety
• malware and memory security
• low-level/system programming.

KNOWLEDGE

The candidate can account for:

• how layering/abstraction is used within computer architecture and operating systems to create simplified and tidy interfaces
• how operating systems control the computer's physical and logical resources in terms of optimal utilisation
• how the security mechanisms work and are implemented in modern operating systems and explain the most important safety goals of an OS

SKILLS

The candidate can:

• benefit from their theoretical knowledge of the topic in relevant practical problem solving.
• utilise the opportunities modern operating systems (and associated standard libraries) offer to parallelise and synchronise computer programs both using processes and threads
• assess the performance of computer programs, especially in terms of parallelism, caching and virtualisation
• troubleshoot and debug the execution of computer programs
• explain in detail how data is stored on a physical storage medium in the most commonly used file systems
• read and write programs in the subject's programming language
• solve common, smaller programming tasks

GENERAL COMPETENCE

The candidate understands the basic behavior of computers and operating systems, including the topic of the topic and key issues

Lectures and exercises.