MN404 Fundamentals of Operating Systems and Programming

Task:

This assignment assesses the following Unit Learning Outcomes; students should be able to demonstrate their achievements in them.

a. Describe the role of Operating Systems (OS) and its different subsystems in controlling computer hardware

b. Demonstrate competency in the use of a command line interface to operate and perform simple OS administration

Assignment 1 Specifications

Section 1: Operating Systems(OS) 

I. In the current context where cloud computing has more focus what is the role of OS? 

II. Why is RTOS important for IoT? 

III. How does AI operation system differ from normal OS in features and applications? 

IV. Comment on Block-chain as an Operating System. 

Section 2: OS Administration using Command Line Interface (CLI)

Refer to the man command to understand the syntax and parameters for the commands that you would be using in this section.

This section is divided into 2 sections: Security related commands and Unix networking commands. You all have to demonstrate the following Unix/Linux commands in the lab to your tutor before week 6 and paste the screen shots of the execution in the same word file that has section 1 of the assignment.

Provide relevant information along with the screen shot of the commands being executed.