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Diploma in Operating Systems
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Diploma in Operating Systems

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Diploma in Operating Systems

Learn how an operating system manages computer hardware and software and provide services for computer programs.
This free online course in computer operating systems will teach you the fundamental workings of an operating system (OS). We often hear about operating systems, but few truly understand them. By the end of t... This free online course in computer operating systems will teach you the fundamental workings of an operating system (OS). We often hear about operating systems, but few truly understand them. By the end of this course you will have learned everything you need to know about the Central Processing Unit (CPU), the Inter Process Communication (IPC), Bakery Algorithm, Test and Set Instruction, deadlocks, stacks and buffer overflows, and much more.
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What You Will Learn In This Free Course

  • Describe what an Operating System i...
  • Explain why hardware has addresses ...
  • List the different CPU types a comp...
  • Describe the single contiguous mode...
  • Describe what an Operating System is and its role in a computer system
  • Explain why hardware has addresses and the types of addresses
  • List the different CPU types a computer can have
  • Describe the single contiguous model and the partition mode memory management
  • Discuss virtual memory and how it works in a computer system
  • Explain how a process is stored in memory
  • List the steps in a hardware interrupt
  • Describe how a software interrupt happens
  • Describe how a CPU switches between processes
  • Describe different methods for scheduling processes
  • Discuss how hardware can help with the critical section problem
  • Describe how spinlocks, mutexes and semaphores work
  • Explain the dining philosopher's problem
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