Intro to Operating Systems 4: Persistence

Learn the inner workings of operating systems without installing anything! This course is designed for learners who are looking to maximize performance by understanding how operating systems work at a fundamental level. The modules in this course cover input and output, directories, file systems, data integrity and protection, and distributed systems. To allow for a truly hands-on, self-paced learning experience, this course is video-free. Assignments contain short explanations with images and runnable code examples with suggested edits to explore code examples further, building a deeper understanding by doing. You’ll benefit from instant feedback from a variety of assessment items along the way, gently progressing from quick understanding checks (multiple choice, fill in the blank, and un-scrambling code blocks) to slowly building features, resulting in large coding projects at the end of the course

• Understand the foundational architecture and principles of operating systems to ensure optimized performance
• Apply techniques to maintain data integrity and protection across diverse operating environments
• Execute and analyze runnable code examples to deepen practical understanding
• Analyze the role of input/output and directories in operating systems
• Develop self-paced learning skills through video-free assignments

• Familiarity with basic computing concepts
• Programming experience is beneficial but not mandatory