OCR ALevel Computer Science Unit 1.2.1 Operating Systems

OCR ALevel/AS Level Computer Science Comp 1
Unit 1.2.1 Operating Systems

A set of 7 full lessons covering the Operating Systems Unit of Comp 1.

Lesson 11 - Purpose of an OS. Understand what an OS is, Understand the purpose of an OS, OS you might recognize, What is the kernel of an OS and what does it do, Be able to answer practice exam questions relating to Operating Systems

Lesson 12 - Memory Management. What is memory management, Understand the purpose of memory management, What is paging and segmentation, Be able to answer practice exam questions relating to memory management

Lesson 13 - Interrupts. What is an interrupt, Understand the purpose of interrupts, What is polling, Be able to answer practice exam questions relating to interrupts

Lesson 14 - Scheduling. Understand what scheduling is, Understand the purpose of scheduling, Understand the different algorithms a scheduler can use (Round Robin, Shortest Job First, Multi Level Feedback Queue), Be able to answer practice exam questions relating to scheduling

Lesson 15 - Types of OS. Understand the different types of OS, Understand the function of different OS types, Be able to answer practice exam questions relating to types of OS

Lesson 16 - BIOS. What is the BIOS, Understand the function of the BIOS, What is the Power-on self-test (POST), Where is the BIOS stored, Be able to answer practice exam questions relating to the BIOS

Lesson 17 - Virtual Machine. What is a virtual machine, Understand the function of virtual machines, What are the advantages of using virtual machines, Examples of virtual machines that can be used for interpreting intermediate code (Java Virtual Machine), Be able to answer practice exam questions relating to virtual machines

(Lesson Numbers continue from Unit 1.1.3)

Lessons include:
Teacher Slides PowerPoint
Student Worksheets (Word Document)
Starter Activities & Plenary Tasks (Word Document)