ICT310: Operating Systems and Systems Programming

This unit aims to provide an understanding of the design and implementation of modern operating systems and how they provide an interface to the computer hardware resources. It also covers the use of operating systems service routines to construct efficient systems programs. Topics include: process management, memory management, mechanisms for interprocess communications, file systems and protections, network programming using sockets and the UNIX system call interface.

Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external
Contact Time	Lectures and practice sessions: up to 5 hours per week.
Prerequisites	M104/B104/ICT104 Principles of Computer Science and M106/B106/ICT106 Fundamentals of Computer Systems. Students are encouraged to complete ICT209 Data Structures and Abstractions before taking this unit. Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
School	School of Information Technology
Unit Coordinator	Dr Hong Xie Position: Senior Lecturer E-mail: H.Xie@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Economics, Commerce and Law Room 3.059 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 6087
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Dr Hong Xie Senior Lecturer (H.Xie@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 6087 Murdoch Campus Economics, Commerce and Law Room 3.059 MURDOCH S2: Internal (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)   MURDOCH S2: External (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)