Operating Systems and Computer Architecture

Catalog description

The course is an introduction to operating systems, such as Linux, Unix, Windows, and Android, which provide the foundations for executing application software. The course studies computing-based systems at varying levels of abstraction and explains how software and operating systems interface with the underlying computing architectures. The course covers topics such as evolution of microprocessors and operating systems, process control, concurrency of processes and threads, memory management, resource scheduling, I/O management, file storage, and principles and practices of security and privacy in computing. The course exposes the students to networking and communication, and includes a major team project.