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Computer Operating Systems

Overview: The Operating System manages the computer hardware, software and communications resources. Functions performed by the Operating System include data storage, communications, cycle sharing, security, scheduling, etc.


Course Objectives: • To provide an understanding of Computer Operating System concepts and technologies • To provide an understanding of the computer operating system functions • To provide an understanding of the current trend in the design, development and implementation of the Computer Operating System	Target Audience: • IT Managers • System Engineers • System Analysts • Quality Assurance Analyst • Staff Personnel seeking to advance their IT career Prerequisite: This course assumes that the student has taken at least one computer programming course and has some knowledge of computer networks.

ISC-7001 Operating System Course Content Specification
INTRODUCTION	Mutual Exclusion	Data Flow Computing
Definition of Operating System	Mutual Exclusion Primitives	Multi-processing
Generation Of Operating Systems	Semaphores Functions	Fault Tolerance
Hardware, Software, Firmware	Process Synchronization	Processor Interconnections
Open System Architecture	Sequencing	System Coupling
Distributed Computing Issues	Deadlocking	Multiprocessor Organization
Operating System Trend	Deadlock Prevention	DISK PERFORMANCE
PROCESS ACTIVITIES	Deadlock Detection and Recovery	Optimization
Concepts of Process Management	STORAGE MANAGEMENT	RAM Disk
Process States	Organization of Storage Area	Optical Disk
Transition of Process State	Swapping	Caching
Process Control Block	Allocation	Enhancement Techniques
Process Operations	Partitioning	SECONDARY STORAGE
Threads	Virtual Storage	File System and Organization
Interrupt, Suspend and Resume	Paging	Access Methods
Input/Output Overview	PROCESS MANAGEMENT	Access Control
Hardware Input/Output Interface	Scheduling	File Servers
Application Input/Output Interface	Interval Timing	Distributed File System
Non-blocking Input/Output	Priorities	Database Technology
Blocking Input/Output	Feedback Queues	OPERATING SYSTEM SECURITY
SCHEDULING	DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING	Overview
Schedule Algorithms	Overview	Kernel Security
Multi-processor Scheduling	Sequential Architecture	Internal and External Security
PROCESS MANAGEMENT	Parallel Architecture	Access Control
Overview	Pipelining	Fault-Tolerant System
Process Synchronization	Vector Processing	Hardware Security
Parallel Processing	Array Processing	Identification/ Authentication