COSC 68 Advanced Operating Systems

This course covers advanced topics in operating systems, including issues such as thehardware/software interface, operating-system structure, CPU scheduling, concurrency, virtual memory, interprocess communication, file systems, protection, security, fault tolerance, and transaction processing. The course also considers many of these topics in the context of distributed systems.

Prerequisite

COSC 58 or COSC 258 with a minimum grade of B+; or appropriate COSC placement exam score.

Degree Requirement Attributes

Dist:TAS

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