FIT3046 Operating Environments

Processes and threads: interprocess communication, scheduling. Deadlock: detection, prevention, avoidance. Memory management: allocation, swapping, virtual memory. Input/output principles and examples: disks, graphical user interfaces, network terminals. File systems: files, directories, disk space management. Security: authentication, cryptography, common attacks, principles of secure system administration. Case studies: Characteristics of major PC operating systems such as Linux and Windows.

Teaching

• Lectures
• Tutorials

Assessment

• Assignments: 40%
• Final examination 60%

Prerequisites

Prerequisites

FIT1001

Corequisites

None

Prohibitions

None