Computer Science 377 - Operating Systems

Spring
2024
01AA

M 9:05AM 9:55AM

UMass Amherst
11837
Ag. Engineering Bldg rm 119
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

Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.