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TDT4186

Operating Systems

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Credits 7.5
Level Intermediate course, level II
Course start Spring 2022
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement Portfolio assessment

About

About the course

Course content

The topic will establish definitions, principles, frameworks and architectures for modern operating systems. The topic will focus on processes, thread systems, synchronization, CPU scheduling, memory management, file systems, input-output units, deadlock management, multi-processor systems and security. Important examples will be WINDOWS, UNIX, ANDROID & MAC OS.

Learning outcome

Knowledge: The student shall understand which tasks an operating system solves, how tasks are solved and the use characteristics of an operating system. The student shall be able to work with an operating system kernel, processes, threads, synchronization, time-sharing, memory management, file systems, I/O, deadlock management, multi-processor systems and security. Skills: The student shall be able to exploit the operating system effectively, as a system developer, administrator and end user. The student shall be able to program with threads and synchronization. General qualifications: The student shall know the challenges and solutions for management of resources like processors and memory. The student shall be able to manage interfaces like software-hardware.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures and exercises.

Compulsory assignments

  • Compulsory assignment

Further on evaluation

Portfolio assessment is the basis for the grade in the course. The portfolio includes a final written exam (50%) and assignments (50%). The results for the parts are given in %-scores, while the entire portfolio is assigned a letter grade. If there is a re-sit examination, the examination form may change from written to oral. In the case that the student receives an F/Fail as a final grade after both ordinary and re-sit exam, then the student must retake the course in its entirety. Submitted work that counts towards the final grade will also have to be retaken.

Course materials

Will be given at the start of the semester.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
TDT4155 3.7 sp
IT167 3.7 sp
MNFIT167 3.7 sp
IT222 3.7 sp
IT2202 3.7 sp
MNFIT222 3.7 sp
MNFIT222 3.7 sp
TTK4147 2 sp Autumn 2009
This course has academic overlap with the courses in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Informatics
  • Technological subjects

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Computer Science