CS 4410 - Operating Systems

Fall, Spring, Summer. 3 credits. Letter grades only (no audit).

Prerequisite: CS 3410 or CS 3420.

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Introduction to the design of systems programs, with emphasis on multiprogrammed operating systems. Topics include concurrency, synchronization, deadlocks, memory management, protection, input-output methods, networking, file systems and security. The impact of network and distributed computing environments on operating systems is also discussed.