INTRODUCTION TO WINDOWS AND UNIX OPERATING SYSTEMS: WINDOWS: Windows is a line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers‚ including home and business desktops‚ notebook computers‚ and media centers. Windows Vista is a line of operating systems developed by Microsoft for use on personal computers‚ including home and business desktops‚ laptops‚ Tablet PCs‚ and media center PCs. Windows Vista contains many changes and new features‚ including an updated graphical
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The uniqueness of UNIX The features that made UNIX a hit from the start are: Multitasking capability Multi-user capability Portability UNIX programs Library of application software Security 1. Multitasking Capability Many computers do just one thing at a time‚ as anyone who uses a PC or laptop can attest. Try logging onto your company’s network while opening your browser while opening a word processing program. Chances are the processor will freeze for a few seconds while
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Windows NT vs Unix As An Operating System In the late 1960s a combined project between researchers at MIT‚ Bell Labs and General Electric led to the design of a third generation of computer operating system known as MULTICS (MULTiplexed Information and Computing Service). It was envisaged as a computer utility‚ a machine that would support hundreds of simultaneous timesharing users. They envisaged one huge machine providing computing power for everyone in Boston. The idea that machines as powerful
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overview of Unix operating system. It starts by presenting a brief history of the early development of Unix. It concentrates on main aspects of Unix operating system. Key concepts covered are interactive multi-user operating systems‚ the design objectives of Unix‚ file-store organization‚ text processing and programming‚ the role of C programming language with regard to portability and reliable system software‚ process control (signals and fork)‚ error logging and recovery from system failures‚
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What are The Three Important Parts Of Unix Operating System‚ Explain Them? Answer: UNIX is an operating system which was first developed in the 1960s‚ and has been under constant development ever since. It is a stable‚ multi-user‚ multi-tasking system for servers‚ desktops and laptops. The UNIX operating system is made up of three parts; the kernel‚ the shell and the utilities (programs). THE KERNEL: The kernel of UNIX is the hub of the operating system: it allocates time and memory to programs
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Table of Contents Introduction According to Net Market Share UNIX/Linux‚ Mac‚ and Windows collectively own 99.29% of the total desktop operating system market share (NetMarketShare‚ 2013). These operating systems run our home and work computers. Server versions of these operating systems run Internet web pages‚ corporate databases and file servers. Mobile versions of these operating systems run our personal smart phones and tablets. Soon‚ we may see a Linux-based ecosystem in vehicles
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REVIEWING THE BASICS 1. Which edition of Windows 7 comes only in a 32-bit version? Window 7 Starter 2. What is the maximum amount of memory a 64-bit version of Windows 7 Home Premium can support? 16 GB 3. How much free space on the hard drive is required to install a 64-bit version of Windows 7? 20 GB 4. How do you start the process to reinstall an OS on a laptop computer using the backup files stored on a recovery partition? To access the utilities on the hidden partition‚ press a key
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UNIX versus Windows Compare and Contrast Analysis of Solaris 10 and Windows 2003 Team "A" University of Phoenix Online POS 420 Introduction to UNIX Carlie VanWilligen February 20‚ 2007 Compare and contrast of operating systems There are many operating systems in use today. There are basically three types of operating systems Windows‚ Macintosh‚ and UNIX/Linux. In this paper we are going to compare and contrast Solaris and Windows Server 2003. Solaris is part of the UNIX family and
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CCM4320 Network Systems and Services Comparison between the Network Operating systems Like Linux‚ Windows 2000 and Distributed operating system Amoeba. Group Members : Yedukondalu Madhumanchi (M00295179) Saroop kumar reddy Chidirala(M00333357) Date of Submission : 25-Feb-2011 Campus : Hendon School of Computing Science Dr G E Mapp Middlesex University List of Contents
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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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