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Teaching Module: LABORATORY
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| Course of study |
COMPUTER SCIENCE [L-INF]
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Method of training
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Lesson.
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| Time |
48 h
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| Kind of the activity |
Characterizing training activity.
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| SSD |
INF/01
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| CFU |
6
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| Learning outcomes |
Knowledge of the main theoretical structures and rationals of the concurrent programming paradigm in a real operating system. Ability in using know-how to engineer and realizing client-server applications. Prowess in engineering and realizing portable software.
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| Prerequisites |
Fundamentals Programming Concepts, C language, Data Structures and Algorithms, Computer Architecture, Operating Systems basic concepts, English language.
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| Contents |
The course is intended as an introduction to the concurrent and system programming, in the framework of a real (UNIX-like) operating system.
CONTENTS:
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Introduction: history and evolution, Unix System V and Unix BSD; POSIX; LINUX.
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User interface: session, user identification and security, superuser, shells, file system, main commands.
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System programming: file and process system calls, interprocess communication mechanisms, sockets and client-server model, signals.
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Kernel structures: global structure, Kernel and user mode, process image, Process table, u-area, scheduling, memory management, file system (block, partition, I-list, I-node, Superblock, free lists, file descriptor, file table, in-core I-node, mount table).
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| Learning assessment method |
Project-based and oral examination.
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| Literature |
- M.J. Rochkind. Advanced Unix Programming. Addison Wesley.
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| Handouts |
Slides.
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