Course: Fundamentals of Operating Systems

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Course title Fundamentals of Operating Systems
Course code KIV/ZOS-E
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Kostlán Jiří, Ing.
  • Dočkal Jakub, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Jón Karel, Ing.
Course content
1. Introduction, history, architecture and components of OS 2. Process, implementation of a process, constructions to create processes 3. Critical section issues, spin-lock, semaphores, cooperation of processes 4. Implementation of semaphores. Monitors and their implementation 5. Messages, RPC. Common problem of IPC: Dining philosophers. 6. Process scheduling -- general, batch systems. 7. Process scheduling -- interactive systems. Deadlock. 8. Detection and recovery, prevention. Main memory management, basic mechanisms. 9. Virtual memory 10.Management of I/O 11.File systems. 12.Security in OS 13.Case studies -- UNIX (Linux), MS Windows (7, Vista, XP).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Seminar classes, Individual study, Practicum
  • Individual project (40) - 40 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 65 hours per semester
  • Preparation for formative assessments (2-20) - 15 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 36 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Use the basics of application programming in the C or Java programming language
Understand the basic concepts of software development (program, process, file, thread)
Use basic data structures (queue, stack, hash table)
Characterize the basic components and architectures of a computing system
Skills
Know MS Windows or GNU/Linux operating system
Use basic system tools to manage and inform about processes and system resources
Create an application in the selected programming language and test the application
Detect basic problems when the software is running
Competences
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learning outcomes
Knowledge
Analyze the basic requirements for an operating system
Describe the basic services provided by the operating system
Describe the basic modules of the operating system
Describe and illustrate the basic problems of concurrency and critical sections of parallel processes and threads
Explain the basic protection mechanisms used in operating systems
Compare different approaches to implementing operating system services
Skills
Create a simple multi-process or multi-threaded application
Design an efficient method of treating synchronization and treating a critical section in the program code
Use basic commands and create command scripts under GNU/Linux OS
Analyze and graphically represent the processing flow of a multiprocess application
Determine the appropriate RAID storage type for your specific data storage needs
Competences
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teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Individual study
Seminar classes
Skills
Practicum
Competences
Lecture
Practicum
Seminar classes
assessment methods
Knowledge
Written exam
Skills
Seminar work
Competences
Written exam
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Dráb, M. Jádro systému Windows, Kompletní průvodce programátora. Computer Press, 2011. ISBN 9788025127315.
  • Snyder, G.; Nemeth, E. Linux, Kompletní příručka administrátora. Computer Press, 2008. ISBN 9788025124109.
  • Stallings, W. Operating systems: Internals and Design Principles. Limited. Pearson Educetion, 2011. ISBN 9780132309981.
  • Stones, R.; Matthew, N. Linux, Začínáme programovat. Computer Press, 2008. ISBN 9788025119334.
  • Tatenbaum, A. Modern Operating system. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008. ISBN 9780136006633.
  • Tatenbaum, A.; Woodhull, A. Operating systems: design and implementation. Pearson Education International, 2009. ISBN 9780135053768.


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