Aims

- To compare various types of operating systems to understand their
advantages and drawbacks

- To understand and explain the main problems that are solved by an
operating system and show how those problems are solved with their
advantages and drawbacks

- To identify the main configuration and management choices for systems

Main themes

- Processes and threads : concepts, problems and solutions
- Memory management
- Input-Output
- Multiprocessor systems
- Security and fault-tolerance
- Principles of system managment

Content and teaching methods

see "Main themes"

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

- Prerequisite:
* INGI2113 Structures et utilisation des systèmes informatiques
or
* LINF1252 Introduction aux systèmes informatiques Marc Lobelle

- References
Mandatory Book:
Tanenbaum, A. S., "Modern Operating Systems (second edition)" , Prentice Hall Inc, 2001.