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Course
Description:
Computer systems, hardware
and basic operating systems software, as well as their features will be
discussed. Processor, memory, input/output, storage, remote transmission
memory, and channel management are included. In this course, topics and
issues such as executive and diagnostic software, data-handling software,
multi-programming and multi-processing will be covered. Computer hardware
components and capabilities are among other topics.
Prerequisite: COSC 102, COSC 104 or COSC 205
Rationale
for the Course:
The course is a required
course in the undergraduate Computer Science curriculum. Throughout the
course, we will be discussing hardware related topics, such as the
structure and components of planar board, system buses, as well as
supporting peripherals. In addition, we will discuss important topics in
operating systems such as thread, memory management, scheduler, and many
other areas that relate to operating systems..
Course
Goals:
The
course is designed to provide and in-depth introduction to computer
systems – hardware, and applications – operating systems. At the end,
students should be able to pin-point different components of a typical
modern computer system, and understand the structure of the components and
relationship among different peripherals. In addition, students will be
able to explain how operating systems work, features of different modules
within an operating system, and how it relates to modern applications in
term of performance and reliability.
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