A first course in operating systems stressing fundamental issues in design: process management; memory management; process co-ordination and synchronization; interprocess communication; real-time clock management; i/o device drivers; file systems; frame-level network communication. Assignments involve the use, modification, and extension of a multitasking operating system. Precludes additional credit for SYSC 3001. Prerequisite(s): one of COMP 2402, COMP 2002, SYSC 2100, and one of COMP 2401, COMP 2001, SYSC 2006.Lectures three hours a week.
