Operating Systems

Code	6635
Year	2
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	PL(30H)/T(30H)
Scientific area	Informatics
Entry requirements	Knowledge of C Programming.
Mode of delivery	Mainly Face to Face.
Work placements	Does Not Apply. Possibility of collaboration with the portuguese company Edisoft responsible for the Operating System RTEMS via the "RTEMS Center" (http://rtemscentre.edisoft.pt) in future courses (project / master).
Learning outcomes	Understand the basics of computer architecture and the interrelationships between hardware and operating systems software. Appreciate the various types of operating system architectures and understand their components. Become familiar with using, administrating and programming operating systems. At the end of the course the student should be able to identify the role and impact of an operating system, identify and solve practical problems related to the development and use of an operating system and have basic knowledge about operating systems programming. The student should also have gained experience in the use, management and programming of operating systems.
Syllabus	Lecture Program 1. Introduction 2. OS Structures and I/O ystems of a computer 3. Architecture of an operating system 4. Processes and Threads 5. Synchronization and communication between processes / threads 6. Memory Management and Virtual Memory 7. File Systems Program of practical lessons 1. Use of the OS (Linux) 2. Programming with the Bash Shell 3. Linking and Libraries 4. low-level I/O 5. Processes and Threads 6. Files and directories 7. Communication between processes 8. Synchronization and Semaphores
Main Bibliography	Operating Systems Concepts (9th Edition), A. Silberschatz e P. Galvin,Addison-Wesley, 2011 Modern Operating Systems, 3rd Edition, Andrew S. Tanenbaum, PrenticeHall 2008 Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment, W. Stevens, Addison-Wesley, 1992 Unix Network Programming, Volumes 1 e 2, W. Stevens, Prentice Hall, 1998 Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective (Segunda Edição), Randal E. Bryant, David R. O'Hallaron, Prentice Hall, 2010
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.