6.033: Computer System Engineering - Spring 1999

Lecture Notes

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#	Lecture Date	Last Updated	Title	Formats Available
1	02-04-99		Lecture 1 - System Complexity	PostScript
2	02-08-99		Lecture 2 - 6.033 Lessons	PostScript
3	02-10-99		Lecture 3 - System Structure	Handout 5 - Available from NE43-523 (Neena Lyall's office)
4	02-16-99		Lecture 4 - Virtual Memory	Handout 5 - Available from NE43-523 (Neena Lyall's office)
5	02-17-99		Lecture 5 - Storage hierarchy	Handout 5 - Available from NE43-523 (Neena Lyall's office)
6	02-22-99		Lecture 6 - Threads	Handout 5 - Available from NE43-523 (Neena Lyall's office)
7	02-24-99		Lecture 7 - Concurrency	Handout 5 - Available from NE43-523 (Neena Lyall's office)
8	03-01-99		Lecture 8 - Networking Introduction	Handout 10 - Available from NE43-523 (Neena Lyall's office)
9	03-03-99		Lecture 9 - Link and Network layers	Handout 10 - Available from NE43-523 (Neena Lyall's office)
10	03-08-99		Lecture 10 - Network layer	PostScript
11	03-10-99		Lecture 11 - E/E layer	PostScript
12	03-15-99		Lecture 12 - How to efficiently share a network	PostScript
13	03-17-99		Lecture 13 - Introduction to Naming	Handout 19 - Available from NE43-523 (Neena Lyall's office)
14	03-29-99		Lecture 14 - Naming Layers and Networks	Handout 19 - Available from NE43-523 (Neena Lyall's office)
15	03-31-99		Lecture 15 - Security: Confidentiality	Handout 21 - Available from NE43-523 (Neena Lyall's office)
16	04-05-99		Lecture 16 - Security: Authentication	Handout 21 - Available from NE43-523 (Neena Lyall's office)
17	04-07-99		Lecture 17 - Security: Authorization	Handout 21 - Available from NE43-523 (Neena Lyall's office)
18	04-12-99		Lecture 18 - Security: Certification	Handout 21 - Available from NE43-523 (Neena Lyall's office)
19	04-14-99		Lecture 19 - Fault-tolerant computing	Handout 29 - Available from NE43-523 (Neena Lyall's office)
20	04-21-99		Lecture 20 - Transactions	Handout 29 - Available from NE43-523 (Neena Lyall's office)

All lecture notes © 1999 M. Frans Kaashoek. Do not redistribute in any form.

Disclaimer

These lecture notes are just that--notes. They do not replace any of the readings or the lectures themselves. The best way to treat them is as a high-level summary; the actual lectures went more in depth (explained the examples, for instance) and contained other information.

The notes were written by me (Frans Kaashoek) as an aid for myself. You may find them hard to understand, so if you get confused, just ignore them. If you find them useful, good for you. In short, there are no guarantees on the correctness or quality of these notes.

The lectures are influenced by other lectures and instructors who have taught 6.033 in the past. In particular, Jerry Saltzer should be credited for many ideas and notes in 6.033; he has been the brain behind 6.033 for most of the last 25 (or more) years. Also, many thanks to Ed Kohler for making sure that the notes are readable. Any errors are, of course, my responsibility.

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