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System Software and Computer Communication

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  • Basics of system software: tasks, processes, resource management, synchronization, deadlocks, memory management, file systems, input/output, virtualization, Unix introduction
  • Basics of computer communications: Protocols: ISO-OSI, TCP/IP. Data transfer: twisted pair, coax, fiber, bit encodings, modulation techniques, MODEMs, ISDN; networks: LANs, WANs, GANs, MANs, Ethernet, Token Ring, Bridges, Router, FDDI, ATM
  • Internet: TCP/UDP/IP protocols, Internet addresses, routing, DNS, ARP, FTP, e-mail, HTTP, WWW