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CS 261. Computer Systems I

3.00
Introduction to the operation of modern interrupt-driven computer systems. Explores the representation of software and information in binary memory, the primary components of a CPU, multithreaded programming and basic interactions with an Operating System. Prerequisite: Grade of “C-” or better in CS 159.