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Operating Systems - COMP342
This unit describes the design and construction of operating systems. After an introduction to the basic structure and concepts of operating systems and system call interfaces, the unit covers design and implementation issues in process management and scheduling,; principles of concurrent systems; I/O device management and drivers; memory management; and file systems. In addition, students gain experience in C programming and system administration. Some topics may be augmented by a discussion of current trends in operating system design. The unit includes a significant practical work component, involving writing system level code in C and modifying an operating system kernel.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| When Offered: | D1 - Day; Offered in Session 1, North Ryde |
| Staff Contact(s): | Computing Staff |
| Prerequisites: |
39cp and COMP225(P) and COMP226(P) and (DMTH237(P) or MATH237(P)) |
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| NCCW(s): | COMP327 |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Computing Faculty of Science |
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