Department of Physics

10ΕΚ212 Computer Systems (postgraduate)

Course webpage: https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/PHYS302

Course outline

Course content

• Types of operating systems, their structure, processes and system calls, processes and threads.
• Memory management. Virtual memory and paging and implementation issues.
• Directories. Input/output, device handlers, and I/O software design
  principles.
• Deadlocks and recovery. Avoidance. Deadlock prevention.
• Security and cryptographic principles.
• Principles of multiprocessor operating systems.
• Implementation in C and C++ code of relative example applications.