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COMP SCI 7064MELB - Operating Systems

Career: Postgraduate Coursework
Units: 3
Term: 4220
Campus: Melbourne
Contact: Up to 2.5 hours per week
Restriction: Available only to University of Adelaide College Melbourne Campus students
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange:
Available for Non-Award Study: No
Pre-Requisite: COMP SCI 7103, COMP SCI 7202, COMP SCI 7202B, COMP SCI 7208 or COMP SCI 7211
Assumed Knowledge: COMP SCI 7081, exposure to C programming as in COMP SCI 7088 & one of COMP SCI 7082 or COMP SCI 7201
Assessment: Written exam and/or assignments
Syllabus:

OS purposes: resource management and the extended virtual computer; historical development. Processes: critical sections and mutual exclusion, semaphores, monitors, classical problems, deadlock; process scheduling. Input and Output: hardware and software control. Memory management: multi-programming; swapping; virtual memory, paging and symbolic segmentation; File System: operations, implementation, performance. Operating System Security and Protection mechanisms: protection domains, access lists, capability systems, principle of minimum privilege, security threats and attacks, encryption, and authentication.

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3
 0.125
          
  


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Critical Dates

Term Last Day to Add Online Census Date Last Day to WNF Last Day to WF
4220 Mon 08/08/2022 Wed 17/08/2022 Fri 16/09/2022 Fri 28/10/2022


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
30231 LE01 24 16 27 Jul - 14 Sep Wednesday 10:30am - 12:30pm MyUni, OL, Online Class
5 Oct - 26 Oct Wednesday 10:30am - 12:30pm MyUni, OL, Online Class
Automatic Enrolment Class: Workshop
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
30232 WR01 24 16 25 Jul - 12 Sep Monday 5:30pm - 6:30pm MyUni, OL, Online Class
3 Oct - 24 Oct Monday 5:30pm - 6:30pm MyUni, OL, Online Class