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Instructor(s)
Prof. Frans Kaashoek
MIT Course Number
6.828
As Taught In
Fall 2012
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course studies fundamental design and implementation ideas in the engineering of operating systems. Lectures are based on a study of UNIX and research papers. Topics include virtual memory, threads, context switches, kernels, interrupts, system calls, interprocess communication, coordination, and the interaction between software and hardware. Individual laboratory assignments involve implementation of a small operating system in C, with some x86 assembly.
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