SYEN 5332 - Applied Operating Systems

Three hours lecture. Three credit hours.

Introduction to operating systems. Buffering, physical input/output, and file management. Multiprogramming and processing, resource scheduling, memory management, concept of virtual memory, Process management and scheduling. Device management and scheduling. Process communication, network communication, and protection. The graduate students will use the C language to implement several generic OS components, practice the process management, and practice the shared memory utilities.

Prerequisites: SYEN 3362.