Description
This specialization is intended for people with some programming experience who seek an approachable introduction to how operating systems work on a fundamental level. This course will equip learners with foundational knowledge of operating systems suitable for any developer roles. In these four courses, you will cover everything from the basics of a C program to distributed systems. These topics will help prepare you to optimize the performance of the programs you write.
This specialization covers introductory level operating system ideas, techniques, and implementations. The specialization is divided into four parts: (1) Virtualization; and (2) Memory Management. (3) Concurrency, (4) Persistence. Examples of practical applications include implementing a command line interpreter, and multi-threaded operating system tools.
