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Operating systems principles and undergraduate computer science curricula

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AFIPS '72 (Spring): Proceedings of the May 16-18, 1972, spring joint computer conference

Pages 849 - 855

https://doi.org/10.1145/1478873.1478985

Published: 16 November 1971 Publication History

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In the years since 1969, the study of computer systems has assumed a role nearly equal in importance to "theory of computation" and "programming" in computer science curricula. In contrast, computer systems was regarded as recently as 1965 as being inferior in importance to these two more traditional areas of study. This is a significant change in attitude. The harbingers of the change appear in ACM's Curriculum 68, and the speed of its development is demonstrated in the report of Task Force VIII of the COSINE (Computer Science in Electrical Engineering) committee of the Commission on Education of the National Academy of Engineering, entitled "An Undergraduate Course on Operating Systems Principles."

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/359367.359417

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AFIPS '72 (Spring): Proceedings of the May 16-18, 1972, spring joint computer conference

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DOI:10.1145/1478873

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Published: 16 November 1971

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Denning P(2016)Fifty years of operating systemsCommunications of the ACM10.1145/288015059:3(30-32)Online publication date: 25-Feb-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2880150
Austing RBarnes BEngel G(1977)A survey of the literature in computer science education since curriculum '68Communications of the ACM10.1145/359367.35941720:1(13-21)Online publication date: 1-Jan-1977
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/359367.359417

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