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Microsoft Windows Architecture: Fundamentals

Course Status: Released
Course Language: English
Course Duration: 4 Hours
Deployment Options: Online, Interactive CDs, Network, Downloads, Intranet

Audience
IS managers, system solution developers, and programmers with no prior Windows programming experience
Prerequisites
Familiarity with the Windows environment
Course Aim
To introduce the fundamentals of Windows architecture
Learning Objectives
Describe the architecture and features of the Windows operating environments.
Provide an overview of the Win32 API.
Discuss event-driven programming.
Describe processes and threads and the relationship between them.
Summarize the different types of multitasking.
Define multiprocessing.
Describe how virtual memory is used to enhance performance.
List the Windows file systems.
Describe Windows I/O systems and how they are managed.
Topics Covered
Windows operating systems
- Overview of the Windows operating system
- Architecture of Windows 3.x
- Architecture of Windows 95
- Architecture of Windows NT
- Architecture of Windows CE
- Comparing Windows 3.x, Windows 95, and Windows NT
The Win32 API
- Introducing the Win32 API
- Window management and controls
- Extending the shell features
- GDI functions
- System services functions
Processing
- Event-driven programming
- Processes and threads
- Scheduling
- Multitasking
- Multiprocessing
Memory and I/O management
- Virtual memory
- Windows file systems
- I/O management