Catalog Description: Graduate survey of systems for managing computation and information, covering a breadth of topics: early systems; volatile memory management, including virtual memory and buffer management; persistent memory systems, including both file systems and transactional storage managers; storage metadata, physical vs. logical naming, schemas, process scheduling, threading and concurrency control; system support for networking, including remote procedure calls, transactional RPC, TCP, and active messages; security infrastructure; extensible systems and APIs; performance analysis and engineering of large software systems. Homework assignments, exam, and term paper or project required.

Units: 4

Also Offered As: COMPSCI 262A

Related Areas:

• Database Management Systems (DBMS)
• Operating Systems & Networking (OSNT)
• Security (SEC)

Prerequisites: 162 and entrance exam.

Formats:
Fall: 3.0 hours of lecture per week
Spring: 3.0 hours of lecture per week

Grading Basis: Student Option

Final Exam Status: No

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Class Schedule (Fall 2026):
CS 262A – TuTh 12:30-13:59, The Gateway Building B1022 – Rishabh Iyer

Class Notes
- Seats reserved for students with enrollment permission are not open. They are reserved for students in internal programs. Please DO NOT ask faculty or staff for one of these seats.

- No time conflicts

- No lecture recordings

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