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Operating Systems: Processes

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Overview

Learn about processes, threads, and process scheduling.
Continue your Operating Systems learning journey! Processes and threads are key foundations of an operating system that all of the other code rests upon. Learn about what they are and how to manipulate them using process scheduling.




### Take-Away Skills
This course will cover content such as:
* The lifecycle of a process
* Threading and multithreading
* Different types of schedulers and scheduling algorithms

### Notes on Prerequisites
We recommend that you complete [Operating Systems: Introduction](https://www.codecademy.com/learn/operating-systems-introduction) before completing this course.

Syllabus

  • Processes and Threads: Learn about how processes and threads work in an operating system.
    • Lesson: Processes and Threads
    • Quiz: Processes and Threads
    • Article: Processes and Threads Problem Set
  • Process Scheduling: Learn how process scheduling is used to manage multiple active processes!
    • Lesson: Process Scheduling
    • Quiz: Process Scheduling
    • Article: Process Scheduling Problem Set
    • Informational: Next Steps

Taught by

Eva Sibinga

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