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2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

CS 311 - Principles of Operating Systems

Covers the basic components and techniques used within modern operating systems. Topics covered are primarily concerned with the management of the following: file systems stored on secondary memory; primary and virtual memory; and process scheduling. Internal details of Linux/UNIX and several other operating systems will be included. Concurrent programming techniques for synchronization and the safe sharing of data in a distributed system will be emphasized, with some discussion of the client-server model.

Prerequisites: CS 211 and CS 213

Full course
Misc. Notes: Fulfills writing intensive requirement for the Computer Science major in combination with CS 303 and CS 313.