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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Mobile Operating Systems (Mobile OS) Introduction: A mobile operating system‚ also called a mobile OS‚ is an operating system that is specifically designed to run on mobile devices such as mobile phones‚ smartphones‚ PDAs‚ tablet computers and other handheld devices.Much like the Linux or Windows operating system controls your desktop or laptop computer‚ a mobile operating system is the software platform on top of which other programs can run on mobile devices. The operating system is responsible
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OS ABSTARCT It ’s easy to have tunnel vision when you ’re choosing a smartphone with Nokia‚ Apple‚Windows and Google ’s Android each holding a healthy slice of the market share‚ but which one represents the best all-round value?Nokia ’s Symbian^3 has the benefit of being easy to use and familiar to most‚ and with its recent makeover looks every inch the modern smartphone platform. Google ’s Android is easy and understandable and has the added bonus of being highly customisable. But if you ’re
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Types of Operating Systems Within the broad family of operating systems‚ there are generally four types‚ categorized based on the types of computers they control and the sort of applications they support. The categories are: * Real-time operating system (RTOS) - Real-time operating systems are used to control machinery‚ scientific instruments and industrial systems. An RTOS typically has very little user-interface capability‚ and no end-user utilities‚ since the system will be a "sealed box"
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HISTORY OF OPERATIMG SYSTEMS Operating systems (OS) provide a set of functions needed and used by most application programs on a computer‚ and the linkages needed to control and synchronize computer hardware. On the first computers‚ with no operating system‚ every program needed the full hardware specification to run correctly and perform standard tasks‚ and its own drivers for peripheral devices like printers and punched paper card readers. The growing complexity of hardware and application programs
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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 L. Bourne) 5. From where the oldest shell had been found?(the oldest shell has been found outside museums) 6. what is the objective of the development
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Trident University International ITM 424 Module 3 There are a number of challenges faced by the business as mangers believe a new operating system should replace the old system since its not working well. Challenges include problem with communication effectiveness‚ management of information system (MIS)‚ computer parts supply issues‚ computer’s processing speed and computer failure. Problem statements‚ goals and objectives of the company should be clearly stated
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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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Networking in Operating Systems Week 6 Check Point Networking in an operating system can be a daunting task is the User doesn’t know what they are doing. There are many advantages to networking. Sharing of data and resources can help to make a company run smoothly and more efficiently. How this happens is the connection of a workstation to a network. While a network is a group of computers attached to a wire‚ it has become much more complicated. The wire or connection is there for
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Components of an Operating System In order to perform the actions requested by the computer’s users‚ an operating system must be able to communicate with those users. The portion of an operating system that handles this communication is often called the user interface. Older user interfaces‚ called shells‚ communicated with users through textual messages using a keyboard and monitor screen. More modern systems perform this task by means of a graphical user interface (GUI) in which objects to be
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