Computer Science 440 Spring 2014

Computer Science 440: Operating Systems will be offered in the spring semester on Tuesday, Thursday at 9:30 AM with a weekly lab session on Monday at 2:30 PM.

A study of operating systems and their design and implementation. Topics include the evolution of modern computer operating systems, basic components of an operating system, and hardware issues of importance to operating system design and implementation. Consideration is given to processes and threads, resource (processor, memory, device, and software) management, process and device scheduling, deadlocks, input/output, file systems, and system security. A representative operating system is examined in detail. One laboratory per week. Prerequisite: Computer Science 210. Offered in alternate years.