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CPSC 031. Introduction to Computer SystemsThis course is a broad introduction to computer science that focuses on how a computer works and how programs run on computers. We examine the hardware and software components required to go from a program expressed in a high-level programming language like C or Python to the computer actually running the program. This course takes a bottom-up approach to discovering how a computer works. Topics include theoretical models of computation, data representation, machine organization, assembly and machine code, memory, I/O, the stack, the operating system, compilers and interpreters, processes and threads, and synchronization. This course also introduces parallel and distributed computing with a specific focus on shared memory parallelism for multicore and SMP systems. Prerequisite: CPSC 021 or equivalent. Natural sciences and engineering practicum. Lab work required. 1 credit. Fall 2024. Venkatagiri. Newhall. Spring 2025. Staff. Catalog chapter: Computer Science Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/computer-science
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