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Lecture notes files.
ses #	Topics	videos
R1	Worse is Better
L1	Introduction to Systems
R2	The Architecture of Complexity
L2	Complexity in Computer Systems
R3	Therac-25
L3	Abstractions
R4	UNIX® (Ritchie and Thompson)
W1	Writing Program Lecture
L4	Naming (PDF)	(RM - 56K) (RM - 80K) (RM - 220K)
R5	More UNIX®
L5	Fault Isolation with Clients and Servers (PDF)	(RM - 56K) (RM - 80K) (RM - 220K)
R6	X Window System
T1	Design Project 1 Introduction
L6	Virtualization (PDF) Virtual Memory	(RM - 56K) (RM - 80K) (RM - 220K)
L7	Virtual Processors: Threads and Coordination (PDF)	(RM - 56K) (RM - 80K) (RM - 220K)
R7	Flash Web Server
T2	Design Project 1 Discussion
L8	Performance (PDF)	(RM - 56K) (RM - 80K) (RM - 220K)
R8	MapReduce
L9	Introduction to Networks (PDF)	(RM - 56K) (RM - 80K) (RM - 220K)
R9	Ethernet
Q1	Quiz 1: Material through R8
L10	Layering and Link Layer (PDF)	(RM - 56K) (RM - 80K) (RM - 220K)
R10	End-to-end Arguments
L11	Network Layer, Routing (PDF)	(RM - 56K) (RM - 80K) (RM - 220K)
R11	Internet Routing
T3	Design Project 1 + Writing
L12	End-to-end Layer (PDF)	(RM - 56K) (RM - 80K) (RM - 220K)
R12	NFS Protocol (first five pages)
L13	Congestion Control (PDF)	(RM - 56K) (RM - 80K) (RM - 220K)
R13	NATs
L14	Distributed Naming (PDF)	(RM - 56K) (RM - 80K) (RM - 220K)
R14	9/11
L15	Reliability (PDF)	(RM - 56K) (RM - 80K) (RM - 220K)
R15	Fault-tolerance War Stories
L16	Atomicity Concepts (PDF)	(RM - 56K) (RM - 80K) (RM - 220K)
R16	LFS
L17	Recoverability (PDF)	(RM - 56K) (RM - 80K) (RM - 220K)
R17	System R
T4	Tutorial
L18	Isolation (PDF)	(RM - 56K) (RM - 80K) (RM - 220K)
R18	More System R + Chocolate
L19	Transactions and Consistency (PDF)	(RM - 56K) (RM - 80K) (RM - 220K)
R19	Unison
Q2	Quiz 2: Material from L9 through R15
L20	Multi-site Atomicity (PDF)	(RM - 56K) (RM - 80K) (RM - 220K)
R20	Durability
T5	Tutorial
L21	Security Introduction (PDF)	(RM - 56K) (RM - 80K) (RM - 220K)
R21	Security War Stories
L22	Authentication (PDF)	(RM - 56K) (RM - 80K) (RM - 220K)
R22	Trusting Trust
L23	Authorization and Confidentiality (PDF)	(RM - 56K) (RM - 80K) (RM - 220K)
R23	Why DO Cryptosystems Fail?
R24	Slammer and DoS
L24	Advanced Authentication (PDF)	(RM - 56K) (RM - 80K) (RM - 220K)
R25	Design Project 2 Presentations
L25	Complex, Trusted Systems (PDF) (Guest Lecture by Professor Hal Abelson)	(RM - 56K) (RM - 80K) (RM - 220K)
R26	Hints for System Design
Q3	Quiz 3: Material from L16 through R26