Operating Systems: IO Systems
Why Operating Systems: IO Systems?
Continue your Operating Systems learning journey! IO systems are a combination of hardware and software tools that help a user interact with a computer successfully. In this course, you’ll learn about how the operating system interacts with IO hardware and software.
Take-Away Skills
This course will cover content such as:
- The three general categories of IO devices
- Device drivers
- User-space and kernel-space
- Interrupt Handlers
Notes on Prerequisites
We recommend that you complete Operating Systems: Filesystems before completing this course.
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How you'll master it
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Course Description
Learn about IO Hardware and Software and how they interact with your Operating System.
Details
Earn a certificate of completion2 hours to complete in total
Beginner
Learn about how the operating system manages IO devices.