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Basic concepts of computer hardware; program translation linking and loading; cooperating sequential processes; critical section problem, process synchronization primitives, parallel programming; introduction to multiprogramming; operating system nucleus; file systems; reliability and protection; system performance, measurement and evaluation. Memory Management. Paging and Virtual memory. Unix. Using and programming the Unix Shell, Unix implementation. Examination of the implementation of Unix clones Minix, Linux, Survey of state-of the-art operating systems. Distributed Systems, Communication and synchronization in distributed systems. Theoretical issues and implementation.

Prerequisites: Computer Science 204b