Singapore University of Social Sciences

ICT246 Operating Systems provides the fundamental knowledge and skills for the students to understand modern operating systems. Students recognize how operating systems are an essential part of any computer system by learning the core functions of an operating system that includes memory management, process management, file system management and device management. Through hands-on lab practice using virtual machines on basic system management and security in Linux operating system, students are not only able to understand the benefits of operating system virtualization, but are also able to gain the basic background in system administration. Students can know how the hypervisor technology create virtual machines and manage the guest operating systems running in them. Students also learn how mobile operating systems are designed to manage the features of mobile devices.