Computer Science 377 - Operating Systems
Fall
2012
01
4.00
Prashant Shenoy
TU TH 2:30PM 3:45PM
UMass Amherst
60622
The design and operation of modern computer operating systems. Review of capabilities of typical computer hardware. Topics include command language interpreter (the shell), processes, concurrency, inter-process communication, linking and loading, memory management, transactions, file systems, distributed systems, security, and protection. Programming projects in Java and C.
Open to Computer Science majors only. PreReq:CMPSCI 230 w/C Students may seek permission of instructor to enroll if they do not meet the prerequisite. Discussion meets after first lecture.
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.