CS 150Introduction to Computer Science — Characteristics of Computers

Faculty: Mathematics
Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring
Credit: 0.5
Last listed: 1977–78

No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1976–77 to 1977–78; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.

Introduction to machine and assembly language programming and basic machine architecture. Addressing modes, indexing and indirection. Subroutine linkage and macro instructions. Characteristics of peripheral devices. A survey of software which assists user programmes: assemblers, compilers, loaders, input-output routines, operating systems.

As printed in the 1976–77 to 1977–78 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.

Requirements, as last listed

Prereq: CS 116 or CS 118 or CS 140 or CS 180

Note Credit will only be granted for one of CS 114, CS 117 or CS 150.

Check it elsewhere

In the scanned calendars

How it read in each calendar from 1976–77 to 1977–78, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.

1976–77 to 1977–78 2 calendars

Prereq: CS 116 or CS 118 or CS 140 or CS 180

Note Credit will only be granted for one of CS 114, CS 117 or CS 150.

Offered Fall, Winter, Spring · 2 class, 2 tutorial hours a week · 0.5 credit