COMP 342 - Operating Systems and Computer Architecture

This course introduces the basic design and architecture of operating systems. Concepts to be discussed include sequential and concurrent processes, synchronization and mutual exclusion, processor scheduling, time-sharing, multitasking, parallel processing, memory management, file system design, and security. Students will learn concepts through lectures, readings, and low-level programming using the C programming language. Prerequisite(s): COMP 240 or permission of instructor. Offered occsionally. (4 Credits)