CS208 Introduction to Computer Systems
Monday, 20 April 2026

+ Rough plan
- [weeks 1-3] C, data representation, memory; exam
- [weeks 4-6] Assembly language; exam
- [weeks 7-9] Systems miscellany: OS basics,
    networking, virtual memory,...; takehome exam

+ Small groups (2-4)
- What topics are giving you a little or a lot of trouble?
    - pointers "what thing does what?"
    - "more practice"
    - pointer questions on the quiz

+ C structs
- box of data with field names
- typedef
- what a linked list looks like in C
- memory.c
    for each experimentN
        what's going on? how does it work?
        what lesson(s) am I trying to share?

- Use memory.c as sample, and try implementing a function that
inserts a string at the front of a linked list of strings.

    void insert_at_front(linked_list *the_list, char *s) {
        assert(s != NULL && strlen(s) < BUFFER_SIZE - 1);
        ...
    }

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