Objective:
The course objective is to outline the operating systems such as the basics of memory management, storage management, file management, networking, computer security risks, virtual machines.
Learning Outcomes:
- Upon completion of the course, you will be able to describe the various operating system models
- Describe how network functions are managed by an operating system
- Summarize security in operating systems design and use
- And describe virtual machines and explain their use.
- Describe techniques used by operating systems to manage processes
- Describe how hardware is managed by the operating system
- Explain how users are managed
- Explain how operating systems manage memory
- Describe mass storage systems and explain how they work
- Explain file management and file systems within operating systems
General Course Topics:
- Operating system fundamentals
- Processes, threads and concurrency in operating systems
- Basic memory management
- Input/output and storage management
- File management in operating systems
- Networking in operating systems
- Computer security risks and policies
- Virtual machines