ICS 332 Spring 2026

Readings "Passive" learning opportunities

This page collects together all of the “readings” associated with individual modules.

In this site, readings represent “passive” learning opportunities, as opposed to experiences, which represent “active” learning opportunities. In many courses, readings and experiences together constitute the “assignments”.

Module: Getting Started

Guided tour of Morea course websites

About Morea

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Syllabus

Detailed syllabus for this course

Syllabus

Getting Started

Course objectives, logistics, administrivia

Lecture notes

The Linux command-line

Lecture notes Tutorials Games

Module: Computer Architecture ([Over|Re]view)

Computer Architecture

Overview/Review of Fundamental Computer Architecture Concepts

Lecture notes

The Memory Bottleneck

Overview/Review of the reasons for and solutions to the Memory Bottleneck

Lecture notes

Module: OS Overview and Interfaces

What's an Operating Systems

Overview of the role of the OS

Lecture notes Reading: OSTEP 2.1-2.4

The Kernel

Overview of the booting process and of the kerne’s role

Lecture notes

OS Interfaces

Overview of Operating System interfaces

Lecture notes

OS History

A very brief history of Operating Systems

Lecture notes Reading: OSTEP 2.5-2.6

Module: Processes

The Process Abstraction

Introduction to the concept of a process

Lecture notes Reading: OSTEP 4

The Process API

Introduction to the process API (on Linux)

Lecture notes Reading: OSTEP 5

Inter-Process Communication (IPC)

Introduction to how processes can communicate with each others

Lecture notes Reading: OSTEP 5.4, 48.5

The Process API and IPC (Practice)

Practice Problems

Practice Problems

Process Mechanisms

Introduction to OS mechanisms for CPU virtualization

Lecture notes Reading: OSTEP 6

Example source code

Sets of C programs discussed in the Process API lecture notes

Examples in C

Module: Threads

Threads: Principles

Introduction to the principles behind threads

Lecture notes Reading: OSTEP 26.1-4

Threads: Programming

Introduction to programming with threads

Lecture notes Reading: OSTEP 26.1-4

Threads (Practice)

Practice Problems

Practice problems