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Computer Systems
COMP 3640

Operating Systems Concepts COMP 3640

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Course Overview

Introduces basic principles of operating systems design and implementation. Topics include memory management, processor scheduling, disk organization, and file systems. Students must have a programming and systems background. JAVA will be used to illustrate the concepts studied.

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50% in COMP 1450 and 50% in COMP 2610

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3.0

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