Computer Science 377 - Operating Systems
Fall
2013
01
4.00
Prashant Shenoy
M W 9:05AM 10:20AM
UMass Amherst
31707
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 DISCUSSION MEETS AFTER FIRST LECTURE. CMPSCI MINORS, APPLICANTS-ON-CONTRACT, AND OTHERS NOT MEETING ELIGIBILITY, OR STUDENTS NEEDING SPECIAL PERMISSION (INSTRUCTOR PERMISSION IF NOT MEETING PREREQUISITE) MUST REQUEST OVERRIDES VIA THE ON-LINE FORM: https://www.cs.umass.edu/ugrad-education/courses
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.