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WGU OS for Programmers

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By: Dan Nelson
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Decks in this class (14)

Lesson 1
Intro
26  cards
Chapter 2
What is a command interpreter,
What are system calls,
Why are api s preferable to direc...
34  cards
Chapter 3
What are the memory sections of a...,
What distinguishes a process from...,
What is a process control block
20  cards
Chapter 4 - Threads
Explain the difference between co...,
What is data parallelism,
What is task parallelism
22  cards
Chapter 5 - CPU Scheduling
What is the primary purpose of cp...,
What is the cpu io burst cycle,
What is in the ready queue for th...
40  cards
PA Incorrect
Which generation of computers wer...,
A company needs to determine when...,
What does each thread of a multi ...
23  cards
Security
What is a virus,
What is mandatory access control mac,
What are mac labels
16  cards
Storage Management
What is constant angular velocity,
What is constant linear velocity,
What is low level formatting
12  cards
Scheduling
What is long term scheduling,
What is short term scheduling,
What is real time in system in te...
21  cards
Memory Management
What is the difference between ph...,
What is an object module,
What is a load module
18  cards
Concurrency
What is mutual exclusion,
What is lockout,
What is starvation
9  cards
Deadlocks
W,
What is the maximum claim of a pr...,
What is a resource claim graph
3  cards
Input/Output
What is a device controller,
To start an i o operation the dri...,
Prior to starting an i o operatio...
26  cards
Processes
The transition running blocked of...,
The transition running ready of a...,
The transition blocked ready of a...
6  cards

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