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Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Information Technology

Operating Systems in Professional Environments

IT301 · Computer Systems — Week 7 of 16

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Week7 of 16
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This week’s topics

Operating Systems in Professional Environments

  1. Windows, macOS, and Linux comparisons
  2. Process and memory management
  3. File systems and permission structures
  4. Server operating systems versus desktop operating systems
  5. FUNCTIONS OF OPERATING SYSTEMS || MEMORY MANAGEMENT, PROCESSOR MANAGEMENT, DEVICE MANAGEMENT etc.
  6. Setup Share Folders with NTFS Permission in Windows Server 2019
  7. What is a Kernel and what does it do? Explore the Kernels of Linux, Windows, and MacOS.

What you will be able to do

  • 3.1 Analyse different operating systems and their suitability in managing resources in a professional environment.

Activity

Start with this week’s 4 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse different operating systems and their suitability in managing resources in a professional environment.

Study materials

Videos

  • FUNCTIONS OF OPERATING SYSTEMS || MEMORY MANAGEMENT, PROCESSOR MANAGEMENT, DEVICE MANAGEMENT etc. · YouTube · Sundeep Saradhi Kanthety · 16 min · for registered students
  • Setup Share Folders with NTFS Permission in Windows Server 2019 · YouTube · MSFT WebCast · 12 min · for registered students
  • What is a Kernel and what does it do? Explore the Kernels of Linux, Windows, and MacOS. · YouTube · SavvyNik · 7 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Workplace Software and Skills, 1.2: Operating Systems · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; p. 29 · for registered students
  • Introduction to Computer Science, ch. 6: Infrastructure Abstraction Layer: Operating Systems · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 249–306 · for registered students
  • NIST SP 800-123, section 4: Securing the Server Operating System · PDF · NIST, textbook chapter; pp. 4-1–4-8 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Introduction to Computer Systems
  • Week 2: Computer Systems in Diverse Environments
  • Week 3: Internal Hardware Components
  • Week 4: Secondary Storage and Peripheral Devices
  • Week 5: Computer Software Components
  • Week 6: Open Source and Closed Source Software
  • Week 7: Operating Systems in Professional Environments
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: User Styles and Requirement Profiling
  • Week 10: Component Evaluation and System Specification
  • Week 11: System Configuration and Deployment
  • Week 12: Applying Computer Systems in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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