Requires substantial low-level programming projects at both user-level and within a kernel. This course satisfies the Systems breadth & project requirement. REFERENCE TEXTBOOK as Winter: Andrew S.

When a computer is turned on, a small "boot program" loads the operating system. Although additional system modules may be loaded as needed, the main part, known as the "kernel" resides in memory ...

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A system software component that is external to the operating system kernel. If the phrase is used to refer to the operating system itself, it is redundant because an operating system "is" software.

That's exactly what researchers at Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo have managed to do. Just ...

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