Operating Systems - Deadlocks and Threads Alison Course GLOBAL - Digital Certificate

Learn about deadlocks and threads in computer operating systems.In operating systems learn about the important concepts of deadlocks and threads and their occurrence in operating systems by studying the course Operating Systems - Deadlocks and Threads.The course begins by introducing you to deadlocks. You will learn about the four conditions necessary for a deadlock to arise and how to prevent deadlocks from happening. The course also explains the concept semaphores and their role in deadlocks. You will also learn about the role of mutex in preventing deadlocks and be able to explain the dining philosopher’s problem.Next, this course will introduce you to threads. You will learn the difference between threads and processes and explain how different operating systems supports the use of threads. You will also learn about paralyzation and how threads are used in paralyzation. In addition, the course will also describe to you how threads are created and destroyed.This course will be of great interest to computer science students and computer engineers, and anyone who wants to learn more about deadlocks and threads in computer operating systems.