Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
Howest Brugge
Rijselstraat 5 - 8200 Brugge
Tel: 050 38 12 77 - Fax : 050 38 11 71
studentadmin@howest.be - website: www.howest.be
Operating Systems Concepts14392/1553/2223/1/71
Study guide

Operating Systems Concepts

14392/1553/2223/1/71
Academic year 2022-23
Is found in:
  • Bachelor of Applied Computer Science, programme stage 3
This is a single course unit.
Study load: 3 credits
Total study time: 75,00 hours
Re-sit exam: is possible.
It is not possible to enrol in this course unit under
  • exam contract (to obtain a credit).
  • exam contract (to obtain a degree).
Co-ordinator: Clauwaert Thomas
Other teaching staff: Van Eeckhout Guy
Language course: No
Languages: English

Prerequisites

having passed, or having a deliberated mark for Hardware and Operating Systems AND having passed, or having a deliberated mark for Computer Networks.

Goals

Knowledge/Insight
The student identifies the exceptional situations (necessity of a monitoring system) of an IT-solution/system
The student explains the terminology of an IT component and solution
The student identifies the to be configured and installed IT components and solutions in an IT system

Apply
The student installs a well-known IT solution
The student configures an IT solution in an internal/well know IT system

Content

Content*

General Operating Systems Concepts

- Introduction to different operating systems
- Process Management & Scheduling
- Memory management
- Network Management
- User management
- File manager
- Functionality management (Packages/Features)
- OS-level Virtualization (with intro Docker)
- ...


Conceptual differences between Unix/Linux & Windows

- Computer history
- Examples and implementation of the various general concepts
- Introduction to the Linux/Unix philosophy
- Introduction to Windows server (Active Directory) concepts
- ...


*Subject to changes without notice

Study materials

Lecturer's courseMandatory
PresentationMandatory

Learning outcomes

PBATI04: The professional bachelor ACS installs, configures, secures, maintains and supports complex IT solutions and adjusts these so that they continuously meet the changing needs of an organisation.
CodeDescription
PBATI04The professional bachelor ACS installs, configures, secures, maintains and supports complex IT solutions and adjusts these so that they continuously meet the changing needs of an organisation.

Activities

  • Lecture
  • Independent work

Evaluation

Evaluation(s) for first exam chance
MomentForm%Remark
exam period 1 (1st sem) (regular exam schedule)exam: specific method or combination of methods100,00
Evaluation(s) for re-sit exam
MomentForm%Remark
exam period 3 (august/september) (regular exam schedule)exam: specific method or combination of methods100,00