Enrollment year
2017/2018
Academic discipline
ING-INF/05 (DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL,COMPUTER AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Course
ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Period
2nd semester (02/03/2020 - 12/06/2020)
Lesson hours
70 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Prerequisites
The contents of Fondamenti di Informatica and Calcolatori Elettronici.
Learning outcomes
The course aims at explaining the functions and the architectures of modern operating systems. After a brief introduction on the history of operating systems and their relationship with computer technology, the course describes the problems and the main solutions for memory management (especially virtual memory), CPU scheduling and processes, deadlock and semaphores. Other main topics are I/O management, the file system and some key aspect of security, criptography.
Course contents
Introduction to operating systems
History of the operating systems. Classification of operating systems.
CPU and memory management
CPU states. Definition of process and sheduling. Interprocess comunication: semaphores and deadlock. Memory management. Virtual memory.
File system
Files, space allocation on disks. Filesystem management. I/O scheduling.
Security
The security of operating systems. Virus, logical bombs, trapdoor ... Introduction to cryptography.
Teaching methods
Lectures conducted using presentations projected on screen (available to students) and insights using the chalkboard.
Numerical and programming issues will also be addressed.
Reccomended or required readings
Silberschatz, Galvin, Gagne. . Operating System Concepts, 7th . Edition. Wiley.. .
Andrew S Tanenbaum Albert S Woodhull. . Operating Systems Design and Implementation, 3/E .. Prentice Hall.. .
Assessment methods
At the end of the course, a written test will be carried out on all the topics discussed. The test consists of open-ende theoretical questions and practical exercises. A software projects must be discussed with the teacher.
Further information
At the end of the course, a written test will be carried out on all the topics discussed. The test consists of open-ende theoretical questions and practical exercises. A software projects must be discussed with the teacher.
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