Storage Devices and Operating Systems

Magnetic, optical and solid-state storage, file systems and RAID levels, operating system functions and types, virtual memory, and Windows shortcuts.

3 topics, 15 practice questions

1. Storage Devices: Types, Capacity and AccessBasic

   Magnetic, optical, solid-state and cloud storage, sequential versus direct access, HDD structure, optical disc capacities and the memory hierarchy.

2. File Systems and Storage ManagementBasic

   FAT32, NTFS, exFAT, ext4 and APFS, the 4 GB single-file limit, interfaces such as SATA and NVMe, and network storage.

3. Operating Systems: Functions, Types and ConceptsBasic

   What an operating system does, kernel and shell, CLI and GUI, types of OS, multitasking concepts, virtual memory, scheduling and Windows shortcuts.

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