Computer Science 377 - Operating Systems
Spring
2019
01
4.00
Mark Corner
TU TH 1:00PM 2:15PM
UMass Amherst
12841
Hasbrouck Lab Add room 124
mcorner@cs.umass.edu
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 Senior and Junior Computer Science majors only. COMPSCI 230 w/C DISCUSSION MEETS AFTER FIRST LECTURE. STUDENTS NEEDING SPECIAL PERMISSION (INSTRUCTOR PERMISSION IF NOT MEETING PREREQUISITE) MUST REQUEST OVERRIDES VIA THE ON-LINE FORM: https://www.cics.umass.edu/overrides.
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.