SIF1015Fall 2024Systems
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Operating Systems
Detailed view of the course, studied concepts, technologies used, and major academic work associated with it.
Code
SIF1015
Session
Fall 2024
Domain
Systems
Overview
Introductory course on the fundamental concepts of operating systems, with a strong focus on systems programming and experimentation under open environments such as UNIX and Linux. It helped me understand how an operating system manages processes, threads, memory, files, I/O, and network communication, while developing concrete system utilities.
Technologies used
UNIXLinuxSocketsIPCProgrammation système
Key concepts covered
- Introduction to operating systems
- Platform comparison: Linux, Unix, Windows, iOS, Android
- Process management
- Thread management
- Scheduling and context switching
- Coordination and synchronization
- Inter-process communication (IPC)
- Anonymous and named pipes
- Message queues
- Signals
- Sockets
- Network communication through sockets
- Client/server architecture
- Iterative and concurrent servers
- System input/output
- Interfaces and devices in system environments
- File systems
- Memory management
- Virtualization concepts
- Development of system utilities under UNIX/Linux
Coursework and evaluated components
- Lab 1 on processes, threads, or synchronization
- Lab 2 on I/O, IPC, or sockets
- Lab 3 on network communication, files, or memory
- Development of system utilities in a UNIX/Linux environment
- Midterm exam
- Final exam