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COSC 258 Operating Systems

This course studies how computer operating systems allocate resources and create virtual machines for the execution of user jobs. Topics covered include storage management, scheduling, concurrent processing, shared access to files, synchronization, and data protection. Both abstract models and actual examples of operating systems will be studied.

Instructor

Smith (Winter), Hauser (Spring)

Prerequisite

COSC 50 and COSC 51