COMSC 77 - Introduction to Computer Systems

    Recent Professors
    Jack C. Ho
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Spring 2026
    Class Size
    35 students
    Difficulty
    6.9Demandingout of 10
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    COMSC 041 or COMSC 075 with C or better
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    CSU
    Description
    This course covers the internal organization and operation of digital computers at the assembly language level. Topics include the mapping of high-level language constructs into sequences of machine-level instructions, assembly language and assemblers, linkers and loaders, internal data representations and manipulations, numerical computation, input/output (I/O) and interrupts, functions calls and argument passing, and the basic elements of computer logic design. (C-ID COMP 142)
    Usually Held
    Mon 4:30pm–6:20pm, Mon 6:30pm–8:20pm, Tue 6:00pm–7:50pm, Tue 6:30pm–8:20pm