Introduction to operating systems. Computer system and operating system architectures, processes, inter-process communication, inter-process synchronization, mutual exclusion, deadlocks, memory hierarchy, virtual memory, CPU scheduling, file systems, I/O device management, security.

Usually Offered:	Fall and Spring
Credit:	3 hours (class)
Prerequisite:	CS 250 and 251
Restriction:	Should not be taken concurrently with CS 352
University Catalog:	CS 354
Schedule:	Fall 2005 Instructor: Dongyan Xu