Computer Science 377 - Operating Systems
Fall
2025
01AA
F 1:25PM 2:15PM
UMass Amherst
61424
Engineering Lab II Room 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 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.