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Operating Systems: Introduction

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Dive into the world of operating systems and understand how they manage hardware, software, and critical system functions. This course will give you a solid foundation in operating system basics, including memory management, process scheduling, and hardware interactions. Learn how essential an OS is for a computer’s performance and functionality.

Syllabus

  • Introduction to Operating Systems: Learn about how computers process data, the important hardware in every computer, and the basic functionalities of an operating system.
    • Informational: Introduction: Fundamentals of Operating Systems
    • Lesson: How Computers Work
    • Article: Important Hardware
    • Article: Basics of Operating Systems
    • Article: Introduction to Operating Systems Problem Set
    • Informational: Next Steps

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Alex DiStasi

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4.4 rating at Codecademy based on 333 ratings

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