CS 4400: Computer Systems — Fall 2011

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• Class Meetings:   Mondays and Wednesdays 1:25-2:45p in 101 WEB
• Instructor:   D. Erin Parker
  Office:   3190J MEB
  Email:   parker AT cs.utah.edu
  Office Hours:   here
• Course Text:   Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective by Randal E. Bryant and David R. O'Hallaron, 2nd ed (ISBN: 0-13-610804-0)
• Course Description:   The objective of this course is to help students bridge the gap between high-level programming and actual computer systems: processors, the memory hierarchy, operating systems, compilers, linkers, assemblers, networks, and more. Our basic goal is to understand how a computer works, so that as programmers we can make it work efficiently. Thus, this course is an introduction to computer systems from a programmer's point of view.
  The only prerequisite for this course is CS 3810 (Computer Organization); however, it is strongly recommended that students complete CS 3505 (Software Practice II) before taking CS 4400.
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