UNIT 1 LINUX SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE Structure 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Introduction Objectives Internal Structure of Linux System Architecture Overview of the Kernel System Supporting Multiple Developers System Data Structure Subsystem Architecture Linux File System More About Kernel Miscellaneous Concerns Let Us Sum Up Check Your Progress: The Key Suggested Reading Linux System Architecture 1.0 INTRODUCTION Architecture is the main blood line of any technology
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ELM PYTHON Chapter 4 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
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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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Network Operating Systems vs. MUOS (Multi-User) Characteristics Different methods of Multi-tasking Multi tasking is when the operating system seems to be performing two or more tasks at the same time‚ i.e. MS Word and MS Access‚ however these tasks are not actually running simultaneously as they are actually resident in memory processor is actually switching between tasks at a very high speed‚ therefore each user sees their own task as having priority. One disadvantage can be that the more
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Monday 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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for the user. It is used for developing applications found in our computing machines. It is used in almost all the technologies offered in the market. Companies use it to produce applications for developing games‚ entertainment‚ and the like for different types of technologies promoted. As time goes by developers become extra competitive‚ software and/or application advertised by the companies become more and more sophisticated and more advance. Since the “programming” topic is so main stream nowadays
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Overview of Functions of an Operating System Norman Matloff University of California‚ Davis ©2001‚ N. Matloff May 30‚ 2001 Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 It’s Just a Program! 1.2 What Is an OS for‚ Anyway? 1.3 A Bit More on System Calls 1.4 Making These Concepts Concrete: Commands You Can Try Yourself 2 System Bootup 3 Application Program Loading 4 Timesharing 4.1 Many Processes‚ Taking Turns 4.2 Example of OS Code: Linux for Intel CPUs 4.3 Process
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Introduction to the Unix Operating System Unix is the most widely used computer Operating System in the world. Unix has been ported to run on a wide range of computers‚ from handheld personal digital assistants to inexpensive home computing systems to some of the worlds’ largest super-computers. Unix is a multiuser‚ multitasking operating system‚ which enables many people to run many programs on a single computer at the same time. After more than three decades of use‚ Unix is still regarded
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The Operating System is a piece of software that is being advanced daily in the Information Technology world today. There are many operating systems to choose from but below four specific operating system are compared. Process Management‚ File Management‚ Memory Management‚ and Security are going to be compared between Windows‚ Linux‚ UNIX‚ and Mac operating systems. Every operating system is different and is interesting to see how every piece of software has the same outcome but has different procedures
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File Systems The file system provides the environment for working with files and folders. Windows uses FAT12‚ FAT16‚ FAT32 and/or NTFS with NTFS almost always being the best choice. Linux also has a number of its own native file systems. The default file system for Linux used to be ext2‚ now it is typically ext3. MS-DOS used to be and Microsoft Windows continues to be the most popular operating system for 80386‚ 80486‚ and Pentium PCs. Because Linux started on 80386/80486 PCs‚ a connection
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