TYPES OF OPERATING SYSTEM Real-time Operating System: It is a multitasking operating system that aims at executing real-time applications. Real-time operating systems often use specialized scheduling algorithms so that they can achieve a deterministic nature of behavior. The main object of real-time operating systems is their quick and predictable response to events. They either have an event-driven or a time-sharing design. An event-driven system switches between tasks based of their priorities
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Mobile Operating Systems (Mobile OS) Introduction: A mobile operating system‚ also called a mobile OS‚ is an operating system that is specifically designed to run on mobile devices such as mobile phones‚ smartphones‚ PDAs‚ tablet computers and other handheld devices.Much like the Linux or Windows operating system controls your desktop or laptop computer‚ a mobile operating system is the software platform on top of which other programs can run on mobile devices. The operating system is responsible
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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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Running Head: Operating Systems - Linux Operating Systems - Linux Prepared by Jackie Riddick University of Phoenix November 18‚ 2007 Operating Systems - Linux Brief History. Linus Torvalds created the Linux operating system in 1991 while he was still a student at the University of Helsinki in Finland. He developed and released the Linux kernel under the GNU General Public License so that its source code would be free to all and others could modify it to meet their specific needs. The
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1. “reject the shell is like rejecting all gears except first in your car” – explain . (gear in the car is use to adjust its speed ‚ same as the shell in the operating system we cannot interact with the kernel and do something to the settings without it) 2. What is the use of options in the command?( Options determine how the command operates) 3. What is the use of arguments in the command?( arguments determine what it operates on) 4. Who develop “bourne shell”?( Stephen L. Bourne) 5. From where
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April 9‚ 2012 Terance Carlson This paper will discuss three main operating systems‚ Windows‚ Linux‚ and OS X. All three of these operating systems have features which are unique unto themselves. Although there may be arguments as to which one of these three operating systems is better it really all comes down to what features are needed for each user. This paper will describe the features that each of these operating systems has to offer. First‚ Microsoft Windows. Microsoft began its dominance
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History of Operating Systems Early computers lacked any form of operating system. The user had sole use of the machine; he would arrive at the machine armed with his program and data‚ often on punched paper tape. The program would be loaded into the machine‚ and the machine set to work‚ until the program stopped‚ or maybe more likely‚ crashed. Programs could generally be debugged via a front panel using switches and lights; it is said that Alan Turing was a master of this on the early Manchester
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A mobile operating system (mobile OS) is an OS built exclusively for a mobile device‚ such as a smartphone‚ personal digital assistant (PDA)‚ tablet or other embedded mobile OS. Popular mobile operating systems are Android‚ iOS and Windows Phone. A mobile OS is responsible for identifying and defining mobile device features and functions‚ including keypads‚ application synchronization‚ email and text messaging. Android OS is owned by Google and powered by the Linux kernel‚ it debuted in 2007.
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Chapter 1 1. What is free software? List three characteristics of free software. Free software is software that users have the freedom to distribute and change. The three main characteristics of free software are: The source code has to be distributed with the program‚ you cannot restrict people from redistributing/modifying/using the software‚ and users must be allowed to redistribute modified versions under the same terms/licensing. 4. What is the Free Software Foundation/GNU? What is Linux?
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UNIX/Linux‚ Mac‚ Microsoft Windows Operating System Differences University of Phoenix Abstract This paper will elaborate on the major differences of the main Operating Systems (OS)‚ which are UNIX/Linux‚ Mac®‚ Microsoft® Windows®. The areas of discussion for this paper will be on Memory Management‚ Process Management‚ File Management‚ and Security for each operating system. Operating Systems (OS) for a computer is the main processing software
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