1. Introduction: An operating system (OS) is a collection of software that manages computer hardware resources and provides common services for computer programs. The operating system is a vital component of the system software in a computer system. Application programs usually require an operating system to function. For any computer to function‚ it must have an operating system (OS). A powered computer with no operating system will only display coded text messages only understandable to the computer
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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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Operating System | Assignment #1 | | Information System | 2012-03-29 | | 1. What is the purpose of interrupts? What are the differences between a trap and an interrupt? Can traps be generated intentionally by a user program? If so‚ for what purpose? (Chapter 1) Interrupt is that causes a computer processor to temporarily stop executing its current program and execute another program instead‚ finally returning control to the original program. So it prevent that more important task
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Internet Operating Systems Andrew S Minette POS/355 University of Phoenix Internet operating systems‚ or Web operating systems‚ are not operating systems per say. There are more of user interfaces. An operating system is dependent on system hardware and uses hard disk space on a user computer to install and store applications. Web operating systems‚ however‚ depend on traditional operating systems to run an instance. According to Jonathan Strickland or How Stuff Works‚ while there may not
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Introduction to Operating Systems Paper To understand three operating systems‚ you must first know what an operating system is. An operating system is software that controls the computer. It manages hardware‚ run applications‚ provides’ an interface for uses‚ stores‚ retrieves files. Here are three operating systems DOS‚ Windows 2000‚ and Linux. DOS‚ which is a disk operating system was the first OS within IBM computers. DOS was the operating system utilized by early versions of Windows including
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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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EVOLUTION OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM Operating systems as they are known today trace their lineage to the first distinctions between hardware and software. The first digital computers of the 1940s had no concept of abstraction; their operators inputted machine code directly to the machines they were working on. As computers evolved in the 1950s and 1960s however‚ the distinction between hardware such as the CPU and memory (or Core as it was called then) and the software that was written on top of it
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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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Q- Operating Systems Required - You have different types of machines (laptops‚ desktops‚ servers) which require different operating systems – which ones will you recommend and why? A- According to the research it has revealed that each of the operating systems has its own advantages and disadvantages‚ yet one of them may seem more reliable and competent than the other. I personally think that Windows 7 is the best option‚ given that it’s most widely used by the majority of companies and employees
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Operating system virtualization is a method of altering a standard operating system so it may handle multiple users all at the same time. These individual users would not have any interaction with one another. Their information would also remain separate‚ even though they are using the same system. While this technology has several uses‚ the most common uses are in hosting situations and server consoladation. With operating system virtualazation‚ a single system is set up to operate like several
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