List of Topics (By Week): 1. Computer system structures 2. Operating system structures 3. Process and thread management 4. Interprocess communication 5. Process synchronization 6. Deadlocks 7. CPU scheduling 8. Memory hierarchy and management 9. Virtual memory 10. Secondary storage management 11. I/O device management 12. File system -- interface and implementation 13. Protection and security 14. Case studies -- Unix and Mach 15. Advanced topics: distributed OS 1998.08