2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
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2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

COM 310 - Operating Systems


The emphasis of this course is on the efficient allocation and use of computer resources especially process and memory management, job scheduling, access to hardware and software resources, security and reliability. Examples will be drawn from standard operating systems (e.g. Windows NT, MS-DOS, UNIX). Questions relating to communications (timesharing, networking, concurrency, distributed systems, synchronization, and deadlocks) will be discussed.

Prerequisite: COM 210  or equivalent with a minimum grade of C-.
3 hours a week plus lab. 1 semester. 3 credits.
Spring 2016.