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CSCI105 HM - Computer Systems

Credit(s): 3

Erlinger, Kuenning, Sweedyk, Trushkowsky. An introduction to computer systems. In particular the course investigates data representations, machine level representations of programs, processor architecture, program optimizations, the memory hierarchy, exceptional control flow (exceptions, interrupts, processes and Unix signals), performance measurement, virtual memory, system-level I/O, and basic concurrent programming. These concepts are supported by a series of hands-on lab assignments. (Fall and Spring)

Prerequisite(s): CSCI070 HM