Leader: M Murshed

Offered

Gippsland First semester 2008 (Day)
Gippsland First semester 2008 (Off-campus)
Sunway First semester 2008 (Day)
Singapore First semester 2008 (Off-campus)
South Africa First semester 2008 (Day)

Synopsis

Processes and threads: interprocess communication, scheduling. Deadlock: detection, prevention, avoidance. Memory management: allocation, swapping, virtual memory. Input/output principles and examples: disks, graphical user interfaces, network terminals. File systems: files, directories, disk space management. Security: authentication, cryptography, common attacks, principles of secure system administration. Case studies: Characteristics of major PC operating systems such as Linux and Windows.

Objectives

1. Know the general purpose and functions of operating systems.
2. Understand the hardware and software mechanisms used to carry out these functions.
3. Be familiar with the principal differences between common major operating systems such as Windows and Linux.
4. Be able to install new operating systems on PC hardware.
5. Be willing to select operating systems based on their merits rather than their marketing.

Assessment

Exam: 60%; Assignments: 40%

Contact hours

one x 2hr Lecture/week; one x 2hr Tutorial/week

Prerequisites

FIT1001

Prohibitions

FIT2022 (Translation set GCO2814 and GCO3818)