4542 (v.8) Foundations of Computer Science 351

Area:	Department of Computing
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Practical:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	12702 (v.3) Hardware Fundamentals 101 or any previous version
Syllabus:	Operating Systems: definition, purpose, development, design, structures, components, services, system calls, system programs, system structure, virtual machines, system design, and implementation. Process management: concept, scheduling, operation and cooperation, threads, inter-process communication, CPU scheduling criteria and algorithms, semaphores, classical problems, critical regions, monitors, and deadlocks. Storage management: memory management, background, address space, swapping, contiguous allocation, paging, segmentation, paging, virtual memory, page replacement algorithms, file system interface and implementation, file concept, access methods, protection, and implementation. I/O Systems: mass storage structure, I/O hardware and interface, disk structure scheduling, management, and reliability. Protection and security: goals, access matrix, program, and system threats.
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	020117 Operating Systems
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2010	Charles Telfair Inst Mauritius	Semester 1	Y
2010	Charles Telfair Inst Mauritius	Semester 2	Y
2010	Miri Sarawak Campus	Semester 1	Y
2010	Sri Lanka Inst Info Tech	Semester 1	Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External