italian version

Aims :

The course aims to give the fundamental conceptual tools to administer and use the most up to date operating system architectures. At the end of the course students will have the conceptual basis necessary to the subsequent modules of the Course in Informatics and Automation, and the operative skills necessary for the other Courses in the Information Area.

Topics :

· Information Processing systems: history, classification, requirements
· Recall on computer architecture
· Operating system functionalities and organization
· Process Management
· Memory management
· The file system
· I/O systems
· Distributed systems (outline)
· Case study: Linux

Textbooks :

Giovanni Cancellieri, "Telecomunicazioni: Servizi, Sistemi, Segnali", Pitagora Editrice, Bologna 2000.
A.S.Tanebaum, "Reti di computer", Prentice Hall International (UTET Libreria), Torino 2001.

Exam :

Written and oral.

Tutorial Session :

Tuesday, 9.30-11.30