FPF:UFMM017 Operating system, Technolog - Course Information

UFMM017 Operating system, Technology and its Reflection in Society between Utopia and Everyday Practice

Extent and Intensity

1/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

RNDr. Jan Novotný, Ph.D. (lecturer)
RNDr. Jan Novotný, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

RNDr. Jan Novotný, Ph.D.
Centrum interdisciplinárních studií – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Multimedia Technologies (programme FPF, B1702 AplF)

Course objectives

In this course you will learn the basic knowledge of OS Windows from installation, running, classification of OS up to hardware setup and maintance. After this course you will have learned the key concepts of operating systems. Lectures and seminars pay attention to the relationships between technology and its reflection by contemporary society. The emphasis is placed on the transformation of adopting technical improvements and inventions taking as a paradigm and oscillating between fascination and strict rejection. Besides technical innovations is part of the course paid to the role of technology in shaping modern mass culture, to the initial efforts to capture and reproduce a motion from the 17th century onwards (the Magic Lantern, a stroboscope and so on) and in particular to the technological development in the 19th century, which resulted in the invention of cinematography. In addition to the sketching of partial technical innovation the audience would be acquainted with the gradual development of the film production and shows from the very beginning to the 20s of the 20th century, including their social, economic and cultural impacts. The part of the course would be also preview screenings of selected early works of Czech and world cinema.

Syllabus

• 1. Introduction to OS and its meaning.
  2. Basic concepts.
  3. Classification of OS - multitasking, hypertrading, singleprocesing, multiprocesing, multi-user
  4. Structure of the OS, kernel, memory maintance, etc.
  5. File system - FAT, FAT32, NTFS
  6. Virtualization
  7. Security of the computer and the OS.Course abbreviation: UF/OP100
  Lectures and seminars pay attention to the relationships between technology and its reflection
  by contemporary society. The emphasis is placed on the transformation of adopting technical improvements and inventions taking as a paradigm and oscillating between fascination and strict rejection. Besides technical innovations is part of the course paid to the role of technology in shaping modern mass culture, to the initial efforts to capture and reproduce a motion from the 17th century onwards (the Magic Lantern, a stroboscope and so on) and in particular to the technological development in the 19th century, which resulted in the invention of cinematography. In addition to the sketching of partial technical innovation the audience would be acquainted with the gradual development of the film production and shows from the very beginning to the 20s of the 20th century, including their social, economic and cultural impacts. The part of the course would be also preview screenings of selected early works of Czech and world cinema.
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Literature

recommended literature
• William R. Stanek. Microsoft Windows 7 - Kapesní rádce administrátora. Computer Press. info
• Carl Siechert, Craig Stinson, Ed Bott. Mistrovství v Microsoft Windows 7. Computer Press. info
• Peter Norton a John Mueller. Kompletní průvodce operačním systémem Windows XP. Softpress, 2003. ISBN 80-864-9728-3. info

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

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Passing a final written exam.

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