1. What is an operating system?
   1. Explain the operating system architecture to align with common operating system functions.
2. What are the different types (categories) of operating systems (not brands or manufacturers)
3. Important management functions of an operating system:
   1. Memory management: answer the questions below on how the operating system manages memory:
      1. Types of memory
      2. Memory addresses
      3. Partitions (dynamic and static)
      4. Memory allocation
   2. Processor management
      1. Thread
      2. Process
      3. Processor
      4. Arithmetic logic unit
      5. Control unit
      6. Data bus
      7. Address bus
      8. Control bus
      9. Scheduling
   3. Device management
      1. I/O resource port addresses
      2. Drivers
      3. IRQs
      4. DMAs
   4. File management
      1. Relational
      2. Hierarchical
      3. Directory structure (absolute and relative)
      4. NTFS, FAT32, FAT - (comparison - VENN diagram)
   5. Security

 

Key Terms

 

1. authentication
2. authorization
3. bare-metal virtualization
4. batch file
5. cloud storage
6. context switching
7. cooperative multitasking
8. disk cluster
9. failover cluster
10. file system
11. guest OS
12. host computer
13. hosted virtualization
14. hot-swappable device
15. hypervisor
16. load-balancing cluster
17. logon script
18. multiprocessing
19. multitasking
20. multithreaded application
21. network appliance
22. network-attached storage (NAS)
23. preemptive multitasking
24. process
25. redirector
26. redundant array of independent disks (RAID)
27. server cluster

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