CS 380 - Operating Systems

Credit Hours: 2

An introduction to modern operating system. Topics include the structure of an operating system, process management, synchronization, critical sections, semaphores, deadlock handling, memory management, process scheduling, and security. The major components of Unix/Linux and its derivatives (processes, threads, sockets, etc.) will be explored more in details. (Offered spring/odd years)
Prerequisite(s): CS 261 or CS 361.