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UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

CSC520: PRINCIPLES OF OPERATING SYSTEMS

Course Name PRINCIPLES OF OPERATING SYSTEMS APPROVED


(English)
Course Code CSC520

MQF Credit 3

Course The operating system is an essential part of a computer system. Similarly that the
Description need to understand and appreciate the operating system is also indispensable to the
computer science students. Operating systems should be studied for the reason of
their existence: what they do, how they did it, and how they are designed and
constructed.

Transferable Skills Conceptual Mapping Skill, Managerial Skill, Analytical Skill

Teaching Lectures, Tutorial, Discussion


Methodologies

CLO
CLO1 Describe concepts and components of operating systems
CLO2 Display practical skills in operating systems
CLO3 Demonstrate teamwork skills in Operating Systems

Pre-Requisite No course recommendations


Courses

Topics
1. Introduction
1.1) What operating system do
1.2) Operating system operations
1.3) Resource management
1.4) Security and protection
2. Operating System Structure
2.1) Operating system services
2.2) User and operating system interface
2.3) System calls and system services
2.4) Operating system design and implementation
2.5) Operating system structure
3. Processes
3.1) Process and thread concept
3.2) Process scheduling
3.3) Operation on processes
3.4) Interprocess communication
4. Threads and Concurrency
4.1) Multithreading models
4.2) Threading issues
5. CPU Scheduling
5.1) Scheduling criteria and algorithms
5.2) Multiprocessor scheduling
5.3) Real-time CPU scheduling
6. Synchronization
6.1) The critical-section problem
6.2) Hardware support for synchronization
6.3) Semaphores
6.4) Monitors
6.5) Classic problems of synchronization

Faculty Name : COLLEGE OF COMPUTING, INFORMATICS AND MEDIA Start Year : 2018
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7. Deadlocks
7.1) System model
7.2) Deadlock characterization
7.3) Methods for handling deadlock
7.4) Deadlock prevention, avoidance and detection
7.5) Deadlock recovery
8. Main Memory
8.1) Contiguous memory allocation
8.2) Paging
8.3) Swapping
9. Virtual Memory
9.1) Demand paging
9.2) Page replacement
9.3) Allocation of frames
9.4) Thrashing
9.5) Memory compression
10. I/O Systems
10.1) I/O hardware
10.2) Application I/O interface
10.3) Transforming I/O requests to hardware operations
10.4) Performance
11. File System
11.1) Files concepts and structure
11.2) Access methods
11.3) Directory structure
11.4) File system operations
11.5) Allocation methods
11.6) Free-space management
11.7) Performance and Recovery
12. Current Issues
12.1) any related issues on current operating system

Faculty Name : COLLEGE OF COMPUTING, INFORMATICS AND MEDIA Start Year : 2018
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Assessment Breakdown %
Continuous Assessment 70.00%
Final Assessment 30.00%

Details of
Continuous Assessment Assessment Description % of Total CLO
Assessment Type Mark
Assignment Assignment 15% CLO2
Group Project Current issues 20% CLO3
Online Quiz Using i-Learn portal. At least 4 times per 5% CLO1
semester
Presentation Current issues 10% CLO3
Test Test 1 covers Topic 1 until Topic 6 10% CLO1
Test Test 2 covers Topic 7 until Topic 11 10% CLO1

Reading List Recommended


Text Silberschatz, A., Calvin, P.A., Gagne, G. 2018, Operating
System Concepts, 10 Ed., John Wiley and Son Inc. [ISBN:
978-1118063]
Reference
Book Dhamdhere, D. 2017, Operating System A Concept based
Resources Approach, 3 Ed., McGraw-Hill [ISBN: 9781259005589]
Anderson, T. & Dahlin, M. 2014, Operating Systems:
Principles and Practice, 2 Ed., Recursive Books [ISBN:
978-09856735]
McHoes, A. M. & Flynn, I. M 2013, Understanding Operating
Systems, 5 Ed., Cengage Learning [ISBN: 978-12850965]
Tanenbaum, Andrew S. 2014, Modern Operating Systems, 4
Ed., Prentice-Hall [ISBN: 978-01335916]
Holcombe, J. & Holcombe, C. 2014, Survey of Operating
Systems, 4 Ed., McGraw-Hill Education [ISBN: 978-007351818]
Garg, R. & Verma, G. 2017, Operating Systems: A Modern
Approach, Mercury Learning & Information [ISBN:
9781942270386]
Stalling, W. 2018, Operating Systems: Internals and Design
Principles, 9 Ed., Pearson [ISBN: 978-013467095]

Article/Paper List This Course does not have any article/paper resources
Other References This Course does not have any other resources

Faculty Name : COLLEGE OF COMPUTING, INFORMATICS AND MEDIA Start Year : 2018
© Copyright Universiti Teknologi MARA Review Year : 2022

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