Comparative operating systems
J Ceddia
4 points * 2 hours per week * Second semester * Caulfield * Prerequisites: COT1140 * Prohibitions: CSC2020, RDT2141, RDT2410
The following operating systems features will be studied via case studies of various commercial operating systems: process management, memory management, concurrency, job and process scheduling, distributed computing, file systems, database management systems, compilers and applications programming interfaces, and operating systems security.
Assessment
Examination (2 hours): 50% * Practical work: 50%
Prescribed texts
Deitel H M An introduction to operating systems including case studies in Unix, OS/2, MS-DOS, Macintosh, VM MVS, open systems 2nd edn, Addison-Wesley, 1990