So I've watched the last 5 lectures on operating systems and the material was much less familiar than the hardware lectures, but stilll pretty straight forward. Many of the subjects such as the BIOS or Basic Input Output System were familiar from dealing with the IT helpdesk at work. We do take for granted just about everything that happens when we press the power button.
I alway wondered where Kernel had come from. It was not explained in that great of detail in the lectures. I am familiar with the term from seeing it on my computers in the performance tab of the task manager. I did a search and found this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_(computing)
I was really disappointed in my quiz grade. It seemed to me that about half of the material on the quiz came from the lectures, and there was no reading assignments or other material that I could find. I have swung wide before, I just hope I'm not missing something. Update: Professor Olson corrected the quiz! I'm glad I wasn't going crazy.
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