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CS140

Operating Systems and Systems Programming

Computer Science ENGR - School of Engineering

Course Description

Covers key concepts in computer systems through the lens of operatingsystem design and implementation. Topics include threads, scheduling,processes, virtual memory, synchronization, multi-core architectures,memory consistency, hardware atomics, memory allocators, linking, I/O,file systems, and virtual machines. Concepts are reinforced with fourkernel programming projects in the Pintos operating system. This classmay be taken as an accelerated single-class alternative to the CS111,CS112 sequence; conversely, the class should not be taken by studentswho have already taken CS111 or CS112

Grading Basis

ROP - Letter or Credit/No Credit

Min

3

Max

5

Course Repeatable for Degree Credit?

No

Course Component

Discussion

Enrollment Optional?

Yes

Course Component

Lecture

Enrollment Optional?

No

Does this course satisfy the University Language Requirement?

No

Programs

CS140 is a completion requirement for:
CS140 is a prerequisite for: