Course Catalog - 2013-2014

     

ELEC 421 - OP SYS/CONCURRENT PROGRAMMING

Long Title: OPERATING SYSTEMS AND CONCURRENT PROGRAMMING
Department: Electrical & Computer Eng.
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisite(s): (COMP 211 OR COMP 215) AND COMP 221
Description: Introduction to the design, construction, and analysis of concurrent programs with an emphasis on operating systems, including filing systems, schedulers, and memory allocators. Specific attention is devoted to process synchronization and communication within concurrent programs. Cross-list: COMP 421.
Course URL: http://www.clear.rice.edu/comp421/