PB153 Operating Systems and their Interfaces

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Mgr. et Mgr. Zdeněk Říha, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Václav Matyáš, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Department of Computer Systems and Communications – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: Ing. Mgr. et Mgr. Zdeněk Říha, Ph.D.
Timetable
Thu 10:00–11:50 A107
Prerequisites
! PB152 Operating Systems &&!NOW( PB152 Operating Systems )
Basic knowledge of architectures and principles of computing systems. (at least on the level of PB150 or PB151).
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students will be anle understand and explain the basics of operating systems architectures, process, memory and I/O management, filesystems. Based on the acquired knowledge they should be to use services offered by common OS types (Unix, Linux, Windows).
Syllabus
  • Operating systems architectures, kernel, interfaces, services
  • Process management, processes, threds, scheduling, process synchronization
  • Memory management
  • IO Management, File systems
  • Interfaces, sevices - Unix, Linux, Windows
Literature
  • SILBERSCHATZ, Abraham, Peter B. GALVIN and Greg GAGNE. Operating system concepts : Windows XP update. 6th ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2003, xxi, 951. ISBN 0471250600. info
  • SILBERSCHATZ, Abraham, Peter B. GALVIN and Greg GAGNE. Applied operating system concepts. 1st ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2000, xviii, 840. ISBN 0471365084. info
  • STALLINGS, William. Operating systems. 2nd ed. London: Prentice-Hall International, 1995, xviii, 701. ISBN 0-13-180977-6. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
lectures, written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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