ASD150 – Operating System Concepts
Associate of Applied Science in Software Development
Course ID
ASD150
Course Credits
4
About ASD150 – Operating System Concepts
This course provides a thorough guided exploration of both the theoretical and practical ideas involved
in the production of modern operating systems. Operating system concepts like computer system organization and architecture, system calls, process management, threads, scheduling, file systems,
system I/O, and distributed systems will be presented. Upon completion of the course students will be in a position to understand how the programs they write influence and likewise are influenced by the
entirety of a modern computer system.
Topics Covered In Course
ASD150 Topics
- OS Fundamentals and CPU.
- File System. OS Installation and Configuration. I/O
- Storage Devices. Virtualization and Cloud. Network Connectivity
- Shared resource. Management and Maintenance
Prerequisites
Students must have experience using a keyboard and mouse in a GUI-based OS such as Microsoft Windows or Linux, and understand how to download and install programs found on the Internet.