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Introduction to Computers and Computer Systems
UW
Enrollment is Closed
Course Description
An introduction to hardware and software concepts used in computer systems. Specific topics include machine-level programming, memory organization, and basic I/O mechanisms.
Course Objectives
To provide a basic understanding of computer hardware, system architecture, and how it supports operating system services and high-level programming languages.
Course Overview
The course content is delivered in the following 6 modules, each of which covers 3-6 lectures:
- Arithmetic, Hardware, Data
- Assembly Language
- Machine Internals
- Build and Execute
- Multiprocessing
- Operating Systems (if time allows)
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