The assignment question sheets will be posted to the

You need to complete two major assignments in this unit. The assignment question
sheets will be posted to the Assignments page of the Unit LMS. The deadlines for the
two major assignments are given in the Teaching Schedule page of the Unit LMS.
The major assignments will be reported using a letter grade like HD, D, C, P and N.
Major assignment one
Major Assignment 1 (or simply Assignment 1) will consist of a number of small
programming questions testing your programming skill in C and your
understanding of UNIX system calls. It will also include a number of theory
questions concerning operating system design principles.
The questions and descriptions of the assignment will be made available on the
Unit LMS at least four weeks before its due date. The deadline will be given in the
Teaching Schedule page of the Unit LMS. You must follow the instructions in the
major assignment question sheet strictly to avoid losing marks unnecessarily.
The detailed requirements on documentation, presentation and submissions, as
well as the breakdown of marks will be specified in the Assignment Question
Sheet. You must follow the instructions in the Assignment Question Sheet strictly
to avoid losing marks unnecessarily.
Major Assignment 1 is aimed at achieving learning outcomes 1 to 12.
Major assignment two
Major Assignment 2 (or simply Assignment 2) will consist of a single project. The
project involves design and implementation of a significant piece of system
software on UNIX systems. Students will choose one project from a list of
projects. The possible projects include (but not limited to) the following:
1. a UNIX command line interpreter (shell)
2. an FTP-like client and server pair
3. an HTTP client and server
Students can also propose their own projects. However such projects must have
similar amount of technical content and similar level of difficulty and must be
approved by the Unit Coordinator. Subject to the approval of the Unit
Coordinator, students may form project groups and propose their own projects.
The details of the assignment will be given in the Assignment Question Sheet,
which will be released to the Unit LMS at least four weeks before the due date.
The deadline of the assignment will be given in the Teaching Schedule page of the
Unit LMS.

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The detailed requirements on documentation, presentation and submissions, as
well as the breakdown of marks will be specified in the Assignment Question
Sheet. You must follow the instructions in the Assignment Question Sheet strictly
to avoid losing marks unnecessarily.
Major Assignment 2 is aimed at achieving learning outcomes 1 to 12.
Assignment submission
The ten lab assignments and the two major assignments must be submitted
electronically to the Unit LMS, unless there is an alternative arrangement with the Unit
Coordinator in place before the deadline.