Computer Hardware and Operating Systems

By the end of this course students should be able to:

• Define a computer
• Define what an operating system is
• Describe components of an operating system
• Describe how threads work in an operating system
• Describe how memory works in an operating system
• Describe how data is represented and how computers execute instructions to use and modify data in order to solve problems.

Course Outline:

• Week 1 – Fundamentals of system hardware
• Week 2 – Introduction to OS concepts
• Week 3 – Processes & threads
• Week 4 – Thread concurrency and deadlocks
• Week 5 – Memory management
• Week 6 – Exam

Computer Hardware and Operating Systems

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