Apr 25, 2024  
2019-2020 College of Liberal Arts (Admitted Fall 2019/Spring 2020) 
    
2019-2020 College of Liberal Arts (Admitted Fall 2019/Spring 2020) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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CSCI 260 - Computer Systems & Architecture

4 credits
Introduction to computer systems and architecture. Architecture concepts include machine-level representation of data, assembly language programming, von Neumann architecture, the memory hirerarchy and pipeplining (including instructions, data and thread level parallelism). Functions of the UNIX operating system from a user’s and programmer’s perspective. Introduction to C programming, pointers, and UNIX command line tools. Cannot receive credit for both CSCI 320  and CSCI 260. Prerequisite: C- or better in CSCI 151  or CSCI 230 .   Offered every year. 



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