Introduction to Operating Systems

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This course is an introduction to computer operating systems, including their organization and functions of hardware components. Emphasis on system commands, operating system interface, system utilities, shell programming, file systems, and security. Concepts, such as, the graphical user interface, device drivers, memory management, processes, concurrency, scheduling, multitasking and multiprocessing will be covered. Labs include the installation, management, troubleshooting, and administration of Microsoft Windows and Linux-based operating systems.