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):

2519 (v.16) Systems Programming and Design 251 or any previous version
AND
12331 (v.4) Foundations of Computer Science 151 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 (RAID). Distributed systems - structures, file systems, design issues, file naming, file access and replication, event ordering, mutual exclusion, deadlock detection, election and reaching agreement methods. 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

Funding Cluster:

06 - Computing, Built Environment, Health

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Bentley Campus	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