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Introduction to Operating Systems

This specialization is intended for people with some programming experience who seek an approachable introduction to how operating systems work on a fundamental level. This course will equip learners with foundational knowledge of operating systems suitable for any developer roles. In these four courses, you will cover everything from the basics of a C program to distributed systems. These topics will help prepare you to optimize the performance of the programs you write.

Status: Virtualization
Status: Performance Tuning
BeginnerSpecialization

Top reviews across Introduction to Operating Systems

AA

Reviewed Jun 24, 2022

Solid course to get an idea about basic workings of Virtualization. The assignments are really challenging and took me quite some time! Would definitely recommend!

PS

Reviewed May 1, 2023

It is a good course to boost our technical skills , problem solving skills, and our knowledge , it plays a major role to achieve our future goals in engineering field.

VG

Reviewed May 18, 2023

Video tutorials are required for quick understanding

VS

Reviewed Jun 25, 2022

Few corrections to be done such as wrong answer in question of malloc/calloc. Also, week3 exercise a bit more tough while others very simplified. Overall, it was good learning.

SM

Reviewed Aug 25, 2025

Good course but there are several mistakes in the quizzes and the auto-grading of programs often didn't work even though the programs were correct.

SI

Reviewed May 4, 2024

I received the certificate within 1 week. but why is he not giving ?

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