ICT 100: Introduction to Information and Communications Technology Unit 3: Operating Systems Objectives: Define the term software Differentiate between system software and application software Define the terms operating system and utility program Identify the types of operating systems Explain the boot process of a computer Describe the functions of an operating system Identify common utility programs Software‚ also called a program‚ consists of a series of related instructions
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Within my assignment I will cover the key issues surrounding Equality and Diversity and will also cover the professional principles underpinning practice in work with children and young people. I will cover the key issues surrounding equality and diversity; firstly what does equality and diversity mean? Equality is to create a more equal and fair society; to give people the chance of an equal opportunity. (The Univesity of Edinburugh‚ 2013) Making sure children aren’t victim to prejudice and everyone
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Operating System Security Abstract Information systems are now becoming the social infrastructure so it is necessary to improve the security level because of privacy and data theft. One of the important issues which have to concern in the security of cyberspace is the security of operating system. This paper helps us to know about the security of most commercial Operating system like UNIX and Microsoft windows which are widely using in whole world. Introduction Computer system from
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2050243-MAJOR IX MODERN OPERATING SYSTEM 1. The operating system is the most important program that runs on a computer. Every general-purpose computer must have an operating system to run other programs. Operating systems perform basic tasks‚ such as recognizing inputfrom the keyboard‚ sending output to the display screen‚ keeping track of filesand directories on the disk‚ and controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers. 2. The kernel is a program that constitutes the
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Overview of Mobile Operating Systems Today Samuel Echevarria Lee University February 29‚ 2012 Abstract The paper discusses the importance of mobile operating systems in today’s world‚ while also giving a brief overview of the important mobile OS’s that are popular in the US. Advantages and disadvantages are analyzed within each mobile OS and will give an insight as to which mobile OS caters to a user’s or business need. This is done by evaluating the smartphone market (market share‚ hardware sales
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The Purpose of an Operating System Professor John St. John COMP 129 – PC Hardware and Software October 2‚ 2014 Some professionals in the Information Technology (IT) field might describe the Operating System (OS) of a Personal Computer (PC) as its software brain. Jean Andrews‚ Ph.D.‚ describes an OS this way: “An operating system is software that controls a computer. It manages hardware‚ runs applications‚ provides an interface for users‚ and stores‚
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2.1 TYPES OF OPERATING SYSTEM A. Batch Operating System- Batch processing is the most primitive type of operating system. Batch processing generally requires the program‚ data‚ & appropriate system commands to be submitted together in the form of a job. Batch operating systems usually allow little or no interaction between users & executing programs. Examples of such programs include payroll‚ forecasting‚ statistical analysis‚ & large scientific number-crunching programs. Serial processing combined
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1. Introduction to Operating System:- Computer is a somewhat complex machine. The world has become accustomed to so many choices. One of the major choices in the modern era is the “Operating System (OS)”. Operating systems are the central software component to any computer. The main brands of operating system are; Windows Mac OS‚ Sun Solaris‚ UNIX‚ DOS and Linux. Each brand has its own take on what makes up an operating system. Windows is the most commonly used operating system around the world.
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Operating System Comparisons PRG/355 February 4‚ 2013 Operating System Comparisons Table of Contents Introduction 3 Memory Management 3 Process Management 6 File Management 7 Security 8 Conclusion 9 References 11 Introduction An operating system (OS) is software that manages the hardware and software resources of a computer system. Basically an OS is a set of libraries or functions which programs may use to perform specific tasks relating to interfacing
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user edits another file. This is a major feature for users‚ since users don’t have to wait for one application to end before starting another one. 2. Multi-user The same design that permits multitasking permits multiple users to use the computer. The computer can take the commands of a number of users -- determined by the design of the computer -- to run programs‚ access files‚ and print documents at the same time. The computer can’t tell the printer to print all the requests at once‚ but it does
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