Operating Systems

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Overview

Subject area

CSC

Catalog Number

33200

Course Title

Operating Systems

Department(s)

Description

Overview of computer organization. Interrupts. Operating systems objectives and functions. Hardware protection mechanisms, dual mode operation. System calls. The evolution of operating systems. Process representation and control. Uniprocessor scheduling. Process synchronization: critical section problem, synchronization mechanisms, algorithms, language constructs, classical synchronization problems: issues of safety, liveness, and fairness. Deadlocks. Memory management and virtual memory. File management. I/O management and disk scheduling.

Academic Career

Undergraduate

Liberal Arts

No

Credits

Minimum Units

4

Maximum Units

4

Academic Progress Units

4

Repeat For Credit

No

Components

Name

Lecture

Hours

3

Requisites

019278

Course Schedule