INF3160 – Operating systems II
Course description
Course content
This course gives a thorough introduction to the remaining aspects of an operating systems not covered by INF3150, including topics like management of physical and virtual storage, devices and file systems. The exercises cover analysis, design and implementation of different abstractions. During the course, each student will further develop and expand the running operating system kernel implemented in INF3150. It is recommended that both INF3150 and INF3160 be followed in the same semester. Otherwise, some extra work might be necessary.
Learning outcome
Traditional operating systems such as UNIX and Windows have been successfully used for many years, both in business and research areas. This course will provide the students with an in-depth understanding of the basic concepts implemented in these operating systems running on uni-processor machines.
Admission
Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.
Prerequisites
Formal prerequisite knowledge
INF3150 – Operating systems - I (discontinued) in the same or previous semester and INF1020 – Algorithms and data structures (discontinued) /INF 110/INF 103 (note that none of the new courses overlapping with INF 103 hold as prerequisite).
Recommended previous knowledge
INF1060 – Introduction to operating systems and data communications (continued) /INF 103 and INF1070 – Computer architecture (discontinued). INF3150 – Operating systems - I (discontinued) in the same semester.
Overlapping courses
10 credits with INF4160 – Operating systems II (discontinued) and 3 credits with INF 242
Teaching
4 hours lectures and 4 hours of problem solving sessions per week
Examination
The students must hand in six mandatory tasks out of which five will be graded. The theory assignments will be weighted app. 17% each and the practical assignments will be weighted app. 25% each. The subject should be taken the same semester as INF3150.
Other
Note that the first lecture is compulsory. The subject is regarded equal to INF4160 when practicing exam regulations.
Course Auditor: Pål Knudsen