Operating Systems

Code:

CC2004

Acronym:

CC2004

Level:

200

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Computer Science

Instance: 2023/2024 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Computer Science
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Computer Science

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
L:B	0	Official Study Plan	3	-	6	48	162
L:CC	68	study plan from 2021/22	2	-	6	48	162
L:EG	0	The study plan from 2019	3	-	6	48	162
L:F	2	Official Study Plan	2	-	6	48	162
			3
L:G	1	study plan from 2017/18	2	-	6	48	162
			3
L:M	0	Official Study Plan	2	-	6	48	162
			3
L:Q	1	study plan from 2016/17	3	-	6	48	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Provide students with the fundamental concepts of the theory and practice of the organization, structure and operation of an operating system.

Be able to implement parts of an operating system and write programs using the API of an operating system.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the course, the students are expected to know:

• A historical perspective of the evolution of operating systems;
• How the major components of an operating system work;
• How an operating system interfaces the hardware;
• Different types and structure of operating systems;
• The programming interface of an operating system;
• How to write programs using the programming interface of an operating system;
• How to implement parts of an operating system.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

It is advisable to have basic knowledge of programming, data structures and algorithms; familiarity with the C programming language.

Program

Basic Concepts
Organization, structure and typical functions of an operating system. Major components and services of an operating system.

Processes
Process concept. Process creation and termination. Process scheduling. Preemptive versus nonpreemptive scheduling. Scheduling criteria. Scheduling algorithms. Memória partilhada, pipes e sockets. 

Memory Management and Virtual Memory
Logical and physical address space. Contiguous memory allocation. Internal and external fragmentation. Segmentation. Paging. Virtual address space. Page-replacement algorithms. Frame-allocation models.

File System and Storage Devices
File system organization, structure and layers. File concept. Directory structure and hierarchy. File allocation methods. Free-space management.

Management of I/O devices. Device drivers. Port, bus and device controller. Polling and Interrupt-Based I/O. Kernel management of interrupts. Direct Memory Access (DMA).

Mandatory literature

Silberschatz Abraham; Operating system concepts. ISBN: 978-0-470-23399-3
R. Stevens, S. Rago; Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, Addison-Wesley, 2005. ISBN: 978-0201433074

Teaching methods and learning activities

In the lectures the fundamental concepts of operating systems are presented and discussed.

In the practical classes, students will get hands-on experience in programming over an operating system programming interface.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Exame	60,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	10,00
Teste	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	114,00
Frequência das aulas	48,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

grade in practical test >= 30%

Calculation formula of final grade

Final Exam - EX

Practical Test - TP
[the practical test is done on a computer and is aimed at solving programming exercises similar to those proposed in the practical classes]

Mini Quizes
[These 6 quizzes (∼ 1 each 2 weeks) are multiple choice with a maximum of 10 questions, to be done in Moodle outside the classes. The grade in this component is the average of the 5 best results (MM5T).]

Assuming the grades in each component is given in the 0 - 20 scale, the final grade for the UC is calculated as:

Final Grade =  0.6*EX + 0.3*TP + 0.1*MM5T

Examinations or Special Assignments

Mini Quizes 
[These 6 quizzes (∼ 1 each 2 weeks) are multiple choice with a maximum of 10 questions, to be done in Moodle outside the classes.]

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