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- Know what an operating system is, and why operating systems are studied as a subject matter.
- Understand the concepts of process and thread.
- Understand the concepts of process/thread scheduling.
- Understand the concepts of memory management and virtual memory.
- Understand the techniques associated to process synchronisation, and associated issues such as deadlock.
- Understand the mechanisms underlying file systems.
- Understand processes of compilation and the concepts of executable file
- Understand the concepts of interrupts and their use in implementation of system calls and process scheduling
- Understand the concept of driver
(see above)
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 22 |
Tutorial | 16 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 88 |
Total | 126 |
The students are expected to have knowledge of programming and data structures equivalent to that acquired in the Computer Science modules offered in these areas in levels 1 and 2.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Examination: End of semester examination. | 2 hour End of Trimester Exam | No | Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% | No | 70 |
Assignment: Questions and exercises to be completed by the students. | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% | No | 30 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Not yet recorded.
Name | Role |
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Riju Das | Tutor |
Maryam Gillani | Tutor |
Yuhan Jiao | Tutor |
Mr Weitao Li | Tutor |
Jin Kuan Moo | Tutor |
Hafiz Adnan Niaz | Tutor |
Stephen Philip Pilli | Tutor |
Abdul Wadud | Tutor |
Cheng Xu | Tutor |
Wendong Yao | Tutor |
Weijiong You | Tutor |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 31, 32, 33 | Mon 12:00 - 12:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Tues 15:00 - 15:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Wed 14:00 - 15:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 2 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 31, 32, 33 | Mon 15:00 - 16:50 |