CIS 365 - Information Technology Hardware and Software.

CSC 275 or CSC 276 with a grade of C (2.0) or better. (3).

Review of control and interaction of computer hardware and software within the context of a computer operating system. Topics include the CPU, memory architecture and addressing, instruction sets, peripheral devices, and their interaction and control within an operating system, including operating system modules, process management, memory and file system management, and interrupt processing. Concepts reinforced through multiple examples of uniprocessor and multiprocessor architectures and operating systems, as well as installation and configuration of basic multiuser operating systems.