CS 270 - Systems Programming

[3 Credit Hours]

This course provides an introduction to computer systems and explores computer architecture, operating systems, and networks from a programmer’s perspective. The course also introduces advanced programming and debugging tools. Topics include hardware instruction sets, machine language and C language program representations, linking/loading, operating systems (process management, scheduling, memory management, interprocess communication, and file systems), network programming (socket programming and web protocols), and common security attacks and solutions.

Prereq: CS 216 or CS 218.