Computer Hardware and Operating Systems
New York University (NYU) via edX
Overview
This is a self-paced course that provides an Introduction to Computer Hardware and Operating Systems
This course will cover topics including:
- Fundamentals of system hardware
- Introduction to OS concepts
- OS processes and threads
- Thread concurrency and deadlocks
- Memory management
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Syllabus
Course Outline:
- Week 1 - Fundamentals of system hardware
- Week 2 - Introduction to OS concepts
- Week 3 - Processes & threads
- Week 4 - Thread concurrency and deadlocks
- Week 5 - Memory management
- Week 6 - Exam
Taught by
Daniel Katz-Braunschweig and Aspen Olmsted
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Reviews
5.0 rating, based on 5 reviews
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AnonymousI am not an aspirant computer scientist but came to this course with a desire to learn a little of the workings of my 'machines' and those that are 'powering' the digital world. The content of the course seemed wholly logical and has helped me understand...
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Marwan Sleiman6I took this course to get the undergraduate credits. The quality of the material was excellent and the teacher answered my questions on a regular basis. I would take more classes like this one from the teacher.
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David Chen
27David Chen completed this course, spending 2 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be easy.
This was a great course. The instructor Daniel K. was incredibly knowledgeable and explained the concepts very clearly. Though I've learned most of the materials in this course while in school, I found the lectures to be a great resource as a refresher. I do believe the topics covered in this course are important, and were presented in a lively manner. -
AnonymousThis course is basic and full of details, especially for people who never had experience in computing hardware. The lecturer Dan, explains with total domain of the subject. I stronlgy recommend this course.
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AnonymousAwesome and really cool and easy to understand. Lecturer defines things with a daily language that a grandma can grab easily.
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