Operating System Concepts

Catalog description

This course provides a thorough guided exploration of both the theoretical and practical ideas involved in the production of modern operating systems. Operating system concepts like computer system organization and architecture, system calls, process management, threads, scheduling, file systems, system I/O, and distributed systems will be presented. Upon completion of the course students will be in a position to understand how the programs they write influence and likewise are influenced by the entirety of a modern computer system. Prerequisites: Students must have experience using a keyboard and mouse in a GUI - based OS such as Microsoft Windows or Macintosh.