GT - Refresher - Advanced OS (Udacity)

GT - Refresher - Advanced OS (Udacity)

The course covers the basics of Memory Systems, File Systems, Multithreaded Programming, and Networking. Together these form a strong foundation from which the student can understand cutting edge research in the areas of Virtualization, Distributed Systems, and Internet-scale services in the GT Advanced Operating Systems sequence.

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What you will learn

  • Memory Systems
  • File Systems
  • Multithreaded Programming
  • Networking

Prerequisites and requirements
No prior knowledge of Operating System concepts is assumed; however, the course is dense, since it is intended as a refresher for the student who already has some exposure to OS concepts.

Why take this course?
Highlights of the course include a deep coverage of:

  • cache systems and strategies
  • how virtual memory is implemented
  • the FAT and ext2 file systems
  • the pthreads interface
  • the network protocol stack and the architecture of the Internet.
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