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