Course Details for A.Y. 2010/2011

Course Objectives

KNOWLEDGE: basic concepts common to all the operating systems, mechanisms and policies of operating systems, system overhead vs solution efficiency tradeoff SKILLS : ability to relate different topics, ability to solve problems never faced in classroom, but solvable through logic deductions and reasoning (i.e., ability to analyze and synthesize concepts), ability to work during the course time and do not delaying the refinement of the knowledge, improved ability to pose questions in the classroome to originate discussion EXPECTED BEHAVIORS : interest for an integrated knowledge of different aspects of computer science, awareness of relationships among computer subsystems, hence awareness of the fact that a satisfactory behavior of a computer may derive from the combination of very different (sometimes unexpected) factors.

Course Content

• General concepts, computer system and operating system structures
• Processes and CPU scheduling
• Process synchronization and deadlock management
• Memory management
• The virtual memory
• The file system

Prerequisites and Learning Activities

KNOWLEDGE : fundamentals of programming, algorithms and data structures, computer architecture, reading and understanding english language SKILLS : ability to integrate classroom and homework study, ability to pose questions in the classroome to originate discussion

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Scritto : obbligatorio per tutti Orale : obbligatorio per alcuni, che vengono indicati in sede di pubblicazione dei risultati degli scritti; facoltativo per gli altri, che quindi possono registrare il voto dello scritto cosi' com'e'. Chi ha acquisito la frequenza negli anni precedenti al 2007/08 dovrà sostenere l'esame di Sistemi Operativi. Gli studenti immatricolati nell'A.A. 2007/08 dovranno sostenere l'esame unico di Sistemi Operativi con Laboratorio

Textbooks

• A. Silberschatz, P.B. Galvin, G. Gagne, Operating System Concepts , John Wiley & Sons, VI edizione.    

Internet Resources

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