The producer-consumer problem, also known as the bounded-buffer problem, is a concept in computing that was first described by Edsger W. Dijkstra in 1965. It involves two processes, the 'producer' and the 'consumer', which are connected via a buffer with either unbounded or finite capacity. The producer creates information to be processed by the consumer, but synchronization issues can arise, leading to discussions about the suitability of semaphores for higher level languages.
Brown University
Spring 2023
Introductory course covering computer system fundamentals including machine organization, systems programming in C/C++, operating systems concepts, isolation, security, virtualization, concurrency, and distributed systems. Projects involve implementing core OS functionality.
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