(Intro. To Operating Systems) Assignment: CSC 334 A – Project 1 Jae Hyung Chang Before I began on what type of “Operating System” I’ve researched I’ll start by explaining what an operating system is. An operating system 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
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Windows NT is a unique and powerful operating system. It has been an entirely different operating system than Microsoft’s initial Windows desktops operating systems. It was simply better and more secure ("Survey of operating Systems" pg125.) Windows NT offers you a high degree of performance and a wealth of capabilities and features. ("Windows NT 101"‚ 1998.) NT supports two file systems: NtFS4 and FAT16. It can use up to 4 Gigabytes of RAM and also uses virtual memory. Windows NT doesn’t work well
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Installing/Upgrading an Operating System Installing/upgrading an operating system or OS‚ is a rather simple procedure; however‚ any mistakes can have a profound effect on the computer’s ability to operate. Typically‚ most users do not have to deal with their computer’s OS as pre-built computers will have the OS already installed and rarely find the need or opportunity to upgrade it. There are a few circumstances that require a fresh install or upgrade for the OS such as installing newer
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* Why do nurses and physicians use 70% alcohol to wipe the skin before injections? 70% alcohol is used rather than pure alcohol because when combined with water‚ the alcohol can penetrate and kill microorganisms more effectively. "Alcohols are more effective combined with purified water—70% isopropyl alcohol or 62% ethyl alcohol is more effective than 95% alcohol‚ because the alcohol gets inside the cell better. " Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinfectan… * Why is 100 percent
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Explain the purpose of an operating system Process Management A multitasking operating system may give the appearance that a lot of processes are running concurrently/simultaneously‚ this is not true as only one process can be executing at any one time on a single-core CPU‚ unless on a multi-core or similar technology. Processes are often called tasks in embedded operating systems. The function of the task or process is something that takes up time‚ as opposed to memory‚ which is ’something that
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An operating system is a set of software programs‚ which manage computer hardware in a controlled fashion. The operating system controls the file-system‚ process management‚ memory management and peripherals. Multi-user operating systems are used on large mainframe computers. A mainframe computer system has one very powerful processing unit‚ which may contain many microprocessors. Many users will all share this processing unit. They use terminals (a keyboard and a monitor) to access the mainframe
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sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. It rose to dominate the personal computeroperating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s‚ followed by the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems. The company’s 1986 initial public offering‚ and subsequent rise in its share price‚ created an estimated three billionaires and 12‚000 millionaires from Microsoft employees. Since the 1990s‚ it has increasingly diversified from the operating system market and has made a number of corporate acquisitions. In May 2011‚ Microsoft
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Huffman Trucking Operating Systems ý Huffman trucking is a national transportation company with logistical hubs around ýthe nation strategically located in Bayonne‚ New Jersey‚ St. Louis‚ Missouri‚ and Los ýAngeles‚ California; with a centrally located maintenance facility and marketing ýheadquarters in Cleveland Ohio (Huffman Trucking‚ 2005). The company maintains ýdatabase records of important information‚ which include driver information‚ driving logs‚ ýdriver-moving violations‚ parts inventory
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to be processed by the CPU Body In all the operating systems‚ schedulers are a critical component of the CPU to getting processes done. Allowing fairness between processes that need to be completed and give over all optimal efficiency to the end user. User perceived performance is a critical part of the scheduler‚ this how efficient the systems seems to the human user. All processes deserve fairness in which they receive access to systems resources. This is exemplified by the round robin scheduling
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Give Me Liberty! Eric Foner Focus Questions Chapter One: -What impelled European explorers to look west across the Atlantic? The European conquest of America began as an offshoot of the quest for a sea route to India‚ China‚ and the islands of the East Indies‚ the source of the silk‚ tea‚ spices‚ porcelain‚ and other luxury goods on which international trade in the early modern era centered. Profit and piety-the desire to eliminate Islamic middlemen and win control of the lucrative trade
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