Operating Systems

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The objective of this module is to introduce basic operating systems concepts. After doing the material in this module, you should be able to:

Describe the three main functions of an operating system
Define what an operating system driver is
Describe the purpose of virtual memory
Define multi-tasking and time sharing
Describe what an operating system process is
Describe what a file is and what each of the main file attributes are
Define what a file system is and what its primary purposes are
Define what the Windows Registry is and name some of the types of information that it records
Describe how file permissions are used
Describe the differences among Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux directories
Use the command line on a live Linux system
Use Windows Control Panels to find out information about the system
Use a Registry Viewer to find out information about the system from the Windows registry (e.g. the timezone that the computer is set to).
Install an Operating System
Use Linux commands to:
A. Change directory
B. Set / display network information
C. Delete a file or directory
D. Show the name of the current working directory
E. Copy a file from one location to another
F. List all files and folders in the current directory
G. Display current user
H. Create a new directory