The Computer and the Operating System on kodkod | Intro Course

The Work Environment: the Terminal and a First Code File

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

In this lesson

This lesson is built from two short chapters, in the same order as the slides. The tools themselves (Python, VS Code, Git and Docker) were already installed in the Installations topic.

How a Computer Works: Components, Running a Program and Programming Languages

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

In this lesson

This lesson is built from a few short chapters, in the same order as the slides:

Chapter 1 — the computer’s components: CPU, RAM, storage and registers
Chapter 2 — what happens from the moment you start a program until it runs
Chapter 3 — kinds of programming languages: from machine code to Python

Chapter 1: The Computer’s Components: CPU, RAM, Storage and Registers

What will we learn?

We will open the “lid” of the computer and meet four components every programmer needs to understand:

The Operating System: the Kernel, Processes, Files and Permissions

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

In this lesson

This lesson is built from a few short chapters, in the same order as the slides:

Chapter 1 — what an operating system is and what the kernel is
Chapter 2 — a program versus a process, and memory management
Chapter 3 — the file system, users and permissions

Chapter 1: What an Operating System Is and What the Kernel Is

What will we learn?

In the previous lesson we saw that the operating system “finds the file, creates a process and loads the program into it”. Now we will get to know it properly: