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CS 551 - Systems Programming



A detailed study of foundational computer architecture concepts and the application program interface of a modern operating system. File operations, concurrency, processes, threads, inter-process communication, synchronization, client-server programming, multi-tier programming. Prerequisite: CS 350 or equivalent. Offered at least once every academic year. 3 credits.