Introduction to Systems Programming

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Class Hours: 3 Lab/Discussion: 0 Credits: 3 Prerequisite: Grade of “C” or better in CMSC 300 and CMSC 310 or instructor permission Description: An in-depth introduction to a systems programming, system programming language(s) and application of those language(s) to systems-level problems. The focus is on programming constructs that are closely aligned with the architecture of a digital computer including those providing portability between platforms, dynamic allocation and management of virtual memory, complex in-memory data structures, reading/writing binary data using sequential and random access, pointer arithmetic/manipulation, and interaction between threads/processes.