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Operating Systems design and implementation—process management,
device management, memory management, file management, protection and
security.
Prerequisites: COSC 330
and COSC 450
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Overview of Operating
System Concepts (3 hours) |
| 1.5 |
System calls |
| 1.5 |
OS structures |
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Process Management (7 hours) |
| 2.0 |
Process synchronization |
| 2.0 |
Inter-process communication |
| 2.0 |
Process scheduling policies |
| 1.0 |
Examples |
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Device Management (7 hours) |
| 2.0 |
Hardware—input/output, direct memory access |
| 2.0 |
Software—device drivers |
| 2.0 |
Deadlocks |
| 1.0 |
Examples |
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Memory Management (7 hours) |
| 2.0 |
Virtual memory |
| 2.5 |
Paging algorithms |
| 1.5 |
Segmentation |
| 1.0 |
Examples |
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File Management (7 hours) |
| 2.0 |
Low-level files |
| 2.0 |
Structured files |
| 3.0 |
Database management systems |
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Protection and
Security (4 hours) |
| 1.0 |
Authentication |
| 1.0 |
Authorization |
| 2.0 |
Encryption |
Total: 35.0 hours, excluding holidays, review sessions, and exams
*Fifty-minute class hours
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