| Detailed information |
| Original study plan |
Master's programme Computer Science 2021W |
| Objectives |
Students understand the concepts and the implementation of common system software parts such as garbage collectors, linkers, loaders, debuggers and text editors. They understand the trade-offs between common algorithms in this area and are able to assess their advantages and disadvantages. They have implemented an example of such a system software component.
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| Subject |
This is a combined course (KV) in which theory is complemented by a programming project, which the students can choose among several variants.
- Memory management (mark/free, alloc/dealloc with free-lists, buddy system, memory compaction)
- Garbage collection (reference counting, Mark&Sweep, Mark&Compact, Stop&Copy, generation scavenging, incremental garbage collection, conservative garbage collection)
- Linkers and loaders
- Debuggers
- Text editors
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| Criteria for evaluation |
Written exam towards the end of the semester plus an assessment of the programming project, which the students have to present to the lecturer.
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| Methods |
The first part of the semester presents the subject matter based on slides and examples on the blackboard. The rest of the semester is spent on the programming project.
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| Language |
English |
| Study material |
See http://ssw.jku.at/Teaching/Lectures/SSW/
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| Changing subject? |
No |
| Further information |
For details see http://ssw.jku.at/Teaching/Lectures/SSW/
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| Corresponding lecture |
INMAWKVSSWA: KV System Software (3 ECTS)
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