The module operating and communication systems closes the gap between the hardware of a computer and the applications.

We will cover the following topics::

• I/O systems
• DMA/PIO
• Interrupt handling
• Buffers
• Processes/threads
• Virtual memory
• UNIX and Windows
• Shells
• Utilities
• Peripherals and networking
• Networks
• Media
• Media access
• Protocols
• Reference models
• TCP/IP
• The Internet

• Andrew S. Tanenbaum: Computerarchitektur, 5.Auflage, Pearson Studium, 2006
• English: Andrew S. Tanenbaum (with contributions from James R. Goodman):
• Structured Computer Organization, 4th Ed., Prentice Hall International, 2005.