Comparing and Contrasting PCs and mainframes Edward Ho POS/355 November‚ 2011 University of Phoenix Comparing and Contrasting PCs and mainframes Summary Before the existence of personal computer or PC‚ there is minicomputer or microcomputer‚ the term “computer” simply referred to mainframes. Mainframes and personal computers have changed drastically over the years but their core functions and systems have stayed the same. The mainframe is used to connect multiple users for
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1. Briefly‚ what is an operating system? An operating system serves as a hardware/software interface‚ acts as a repository for common‚ shared routines and defines a platform for constructing and executing application software. 2. An operating system presents an application programmer with a relatively "friendly" hardware/software interface. What does this mean? Why is it important? The user interface‚ sometimes called the shell‚ provides a mechanism for the user and application programs to communicate
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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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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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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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OPERATING SYSTEM - FILE SYSTEM http://www.tutorialspoint.com/operating_system/os_file_system.htm Copyright © tutorialspoint.com File A file is a named collection of related information that is recorded on secondary storage such as magnetic disks‚ magnetic tapes and optical disks.In general‚ a file is a sequence of bits‚ bytes‚ lines or records whose meaning is defined by the files creator and user. File Structure File structure is a structure‚ which is according to a required format
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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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time it takes to move to the next track were 5ms? 389‚004 + (5*1‚684) *** NOTE: ME THINKS MY FORMULA IS WRONG DEPENDING ON HOW ROTATIONAL SPEED IS DEFINED. I NOTICED I HAVEN’T USED THE GIVEN INFO OF 500 TRACKS PER SURFACE SO MY HUNCH IS THAT IT SHOULD BE CONFINED WITH VARIABLE IN COMPUTING TIME… Exercise #4 – Given that it takes 1 ms to travel from one track to the next‚ and that the arm is originally positioned at Track 15 moving toward the low-numbered tracks‚ compute how long it will take
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Chapter no | Topic | 1 | Introduction‚ Types ‚ Computer System Overview | 2 | Operating System Structure‚ Components and Functions‚ Virtual Machine | 3 | Process Concept‚ Operation‚ Process scheduling‚ symmetric multi -processing‚ Cooperating Processes | 4 | Thread Concept‚ Thread Vs Process‚ IPC ‚kernel ‚microkernel | 5 | Scheduling‚ Types‚ Scheduling in batch‚ interactive and real-time systems (SJN‚ SJF‚ FIFO‚ LJN‚ round-robin‚ priority scheduling‚ and hybrid schemes). | 6 | Deadlock:
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Operating System Security Security is the most important part of an operating system when it comes to keeping the system and its information safe. There are various aspects to the security piece in an operating system; which are protocols‚ kernel and encryption. The UNIX/LINIX‚ Apple and Windows Server 2008 all have protocol‚ kernel and encryption features. These features need to be enabled to the highest level in order to have the most security for each of these operating systems. Even
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