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This course discusses core concepts and architectures of operating systems, in particular the management of processes, memory and storage structures. Students will learn about the scheduling and operation of processes and threads, problems of concurrency and means to avoid race conditions and deadlock situations. The course will discuss virtual memory management, file systems and issues of security and recovery. In weekly practical session, students will gain a deeper understanding of operating system concepts with various programming exercises.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 3 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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Comparative and historical studies of operating systems.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
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Class Test: Multiple-Choice Questions (1 hour, in class), worth 50% of the overall grade. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Analyse | Understanding & ability to analyse: process & thread management methods; scheduling algorithms; concurrency & resource competition; virtual memory management; file system & I/O management |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Ability to recognize & apply OS features in design & implementation of applications (e.g., thread programming, process comms, managing concurrency via semaphores & monitors), & to assess communicate |
| Factual | Understand | Knowledge and understanding of core principles and concepts of modern operating systems in terms of architecture and abstractions such as processes, memory management, and storage management |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
2-hour exam worth 50% of the overall grade. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Analyse | Understanding & ability to analyse: process & thread management methods; scheduling algorithms; concurrency & resource competition; virtual memory management; file system & I/O management |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Ability to recognize & apply OS features in design & implementation of applications (e.g., thread programming, process comms, managing concurrency via semaphores & monitors), & to assess communicate |
| Factual | Understand | Knowledge and understanding of core principles and concepts of modern operating systems in terms of architecture and abstractions such as processes, memory management, and storage management |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Resit exam (2 hours). Best of (resit exam mark) or (resit exam mark with carried forward Class Test mark). |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Ability to recognize & apply OS features in design & implementation of applications (e.g., thread programming, process comms, managing concurrency via semaphores & monitors), & to assess communicate |
| Factual | Understand | Knowledge and understanding of core principles and concepts of modern operating systems in terms of architecture and abstractions such as processes, memory management, and storage management |
| Conceptual | Analyse | Understanding & ability to analyse: process & thread management methods; scheduling algorithms; concurrency & resource competition; virtual memory management; file system & I/O management |
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