This course presents a detailed and practical study of the operation of the mainframe computer. Students learn the command language and control statements for the IBM VM/CMS system. In addition, utility programs, disk concepts and terminal concepts along with operations in a networked environment are introduced. Students are familiarized with file handling techniques and how to compile, store and load programs for various languages supported by the hardware.

Prerequisite: CSC 110 or departmental approval

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