What are the specific objectives of the subject 'Sistemas Operativos I' for each topic?


UNIDAD 1.- Introducción a los sistemas operativos
1.1. Offering an overview of the components of an operating system.
1.2. Presenting the essential concepts that will be developed throughout the subject.
1.3. Presenting an overview of why the subject is studied, the problems it covers, and the type of solutions it proposes.
1.4. Offering a historical view of operating systems.
1.5. Understanding the general structure of an operating system.
UNIDAD 2.- Procesos e hilos, planificación de procesos
2.1. Understanding the notion of process.
2.2. Understanding the importance of the concept of process as the basis of all computing.
2.3. Understanding the design concepts involved in execution control.
2.4. Understanding the notion of thread as a lightweight and complementary alternative to the concept of process.
2.5. Knowing how to distinguish the distinctive characteristics between processes and threads.
2.6. Understanding the use of threads as the basis of modern multithreaded systems.
2.7. Knowing the different levels of scheduling.
2.8. Knowing the different criteria to use to compare scheduling algorithms.
2.9. Understanding the consequences that decisions regarding scheduling algorithms have on the overall behavior of the system, both from the system designer's perspective and from the user's perspective.
UNIDAD 3.- Concurrencia
3.1. Demonstrating the potential runtime problems resulting from the concurrent operation of multiple separate tasks.
3.2. Enumerating the different approaches to solve the mutual exclusion problem in an operating system.
UNIDAD 4.- Gestión de memoria, memoria virtual
4.1. Analyzing the different memory partitioning techniques, including overlay, swapping, and placement and replacement policies.
4.2. Explaining the concept of virtual memory and how it is implemented in terms of hardware and software.
4.3. Defending the different ways of allocating memory to tasks, citing the relative merits of each one.
4.4. Discussing the concept of thrashing, both in terms of the reasons why it occurs and the techniques used to recognize and manage it.
UNIDAD 5.- Gestión de entrada y salida, gestión de archivos
5.1. Identifying the relationships between physical hardware and virtual devices maintained by the operating system.
5.2. Differentiating the mechanisms used to interact a computer with a range of devices (including mobile devices, networks, peripherals, etc.) and explaining the implications of these mechanisms in the design of an operating system.