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Level 6 Diploma in Information Technology

OS Process Architecture and Management

IT601 · Advanced Computer Networks — Week 2 of 16

CourseIT601
Week2 of 16
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This week’s topics

OS Process Architecture and Management

  1. Process ID (PID) and Parent Process ID (PPID)
  2. Systemd and legacy init systems
  3. Process creation via fork and exec
  4. Orphan and zombie process handling
  5. Operation on Processes – Process Creation
  6. Operation on Processes – Process Termination
  7. fork() and exec() System Calls
  8. Computer Science 194 - Lecture 5: Processes, Fork, Exec, Interprocess, Communication/Optimization

What you will be able to do

  • 1.2 Define the terms: Process ID (PID), Parent process ID (PPID) and ‘init’.
  • 1.3 Compare the operation of parent processes and child processes.

Activity

Start with this week’s 4 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: define the terms: Process ID (PID), Parent process ID (PPID) and ‘init’.

Study materials

Videos

  • Operation on Processes – Process Creation · YouTube · Neso Academy · 12 min · for registered students
  • Operation on Processes – Process Termination · YouTube · Neso Academy · 9 min · for registered students
  • fork() and exec() System Calls · YouTube · Neso Academy · 21 min · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Client-Server Architecture
  • Week 2: OS Process Architecture and Management
  • Week 3: Linux Enterprise Server Configuration
  • Week 4: Transport Layer Dynamics: TCP and UDP
  • Week 5: DNS Server Deployment on Linux
  • Week 6: Evaluation of Network Security Protocols
  • Week 7: Corporate Threat Analysis and Security Requirements
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Secure Corporate Network Architecture Design
  • Week 10: Network Security Implementation
  • Week 11: Enterprise Network Hardening and Verification
  • Week 12: Applying Advanced Computer Networks in practice: case studi…
  • 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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