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Operating Systems for Engineers ENEL4OS H1

 (20L-5T-6P-0S-35H-10R-0F-0G-4A-13W-8C)

Prerequisite Modules: ENEL3CC. 

Aim: The student will be able to: Understand the issues involved in concurrent programming including, synchronisation, deadlock, scheduling, memory management, security as used in a typical operating system such as UNIX. 

Content: Concurrency issues; process management; threads; inter-process communication; synchronisation; deadlocks; scheduling; memory management; security. UNIX / Linux and Windows examples. Assessment: Coursework and tests (30%); 2 h exam (70%). 

DP Requirement: DP Requirement: A 50% average mark on laboratory practicals or assignment is required.

Dear Students

The Deadline to Submit your vacation work for 1st semester 2024 is Friday, 22 March 2024. You will be allowed to submit until 23h00.

It is important to know and understand that it is not guaranteed that you will be included in the next graduation (September 2024 for students completing this semester) if you have missed the deadline for submitting your vacation work.

Please ensure that certificate of progress (Part 1 and Part 2) is completed correctly and have a stamp from the company.  

Vacation work without a stamp from the company will not be marked.

Please ensure that the certificate of Progress is the first page of your report (Please Do Not send separate documents)

Certificate of Progress and vacation work information is on the website.

https://engineering.ukzn.ac.za/eece/#student-resources

Thank You

Regards

Dumisile Ngcobo