CET E558 - Systems Level Programming

Institution:

Northeastern University

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Description:

Retired August 31, 2005; replaced by ETC 4558 in the School of Professional and Continuing Studies. Studies the design and development of C and C++ application programs that interface and expand capabilities of the operating system kernel. Enables programmers to interact with the various Unix and Windows operating systems through a study of system calls and library routines. Topics include system programming tools, fundamental concepts, file creation and access, signals and signal handling, multitasking, file and terminal I/O, process creation and program execution, and forms of interprocess communication and synchronization (pipes, message queues, semaphores, and shared memory).

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.northeastern.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 373-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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