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    1. Computer System Components (i) Hardware Provides basic computing resources (CPU‚ memory‚ Input/output (I/O) devices). (ii) Operating System (OS) Controls and coordinates the use of the hardware among the various application programs for the various users. (iii) Applications Programs /Application Software Define the ways in which the system resources are used to solve the computing problems of the users (compilers‚ database systems‚ video games‚ business programs). (iv) Users

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    UUM  COLLEGE  OF  ARTS  AND  SCIENCES   UNIVERSITI  UTARA  MALAYSIA   No.   Information  on  Course   1. Course  Name  :   OPERATING  SYSTEM       2. Course  Code:   STIK2044     3. Name(s)  of  Academic  Staff:  HATIM  MOHAMAD  TAHIR     ROOM:  SOC3070    OFF:928  5193    EMAIL:  HATIM@UUM.EDU.MY    FB:  HATIM   4. Rationale  for  the  inclusion

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    Operating Systems Assignment 1 Session: Summer 2013 Faculty of Information Technology UCP Lahore Pakistan Operating Systems Assignment: Introduction and Overview of Operating Systems 150 MARKS Write in your own words to answer the following‚ if you use material from any book website apart from your recommended book please provide so. All work will be assumed yours otherwise. Justify your answers where needed. Explain briefly and concisely 1. You are to procure Linux

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    Operating System Basics Functions of Operating Systems • An operating system is the software on a computer that manages the way different programs use its hardware‚ and regulates the ways that a user controls the computer. • Provide a user interface • Run programs • Organized file storage Types of Operating Systems • Real-time operating system – Very fast small OS – Built into a device – Respond quickly to user input – MP3 players

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    Chapter 2 – Operating System Overview TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS: 1) An OS should be constructed in such a way as to permit the effective development‚ testing‚ and introduction of new system functions without interfering with service. (True) 2) The OS masks the details of the hardware from the programmer and provides the programmer with a convenient interface for using the system. (True) 3) The ABI gives a program access to the hardware resources and services available in a system through the user

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    program on a computer. The information stored in the hard disk does not get deleted when the computer is turned off. Disk partitioning is the process of dividing the hard disk data storage space into separate areas called partitions. Disk partitions will usually take place or get created the first time the hard disk is prepared for usage. After the disk has been divided into partitions‚ files and folders can be stored on each partition. There might be situations where the system administrator

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    of the Windows Operating System Rodney K. Gary March 4‚ 2012 Diana Merkel - Instructor Strayer University Microsoft Boots Up In the beginning of the 1970s‚ if we needed to copy a document or a secretary needed to produce a document over again for there supervisor they would likely us a carbon paper of some sort. Very few people even heard of microcomputers but Bill Gates and Paul Allen‚ two young computer enthusiasts saw a path to the future with personal computing

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    Microsoft Windows: Windows 7‚ Windows Vista‚ Windows XP‚ Windows Server‚ Office 2010Microsoft Windows Collection Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3 Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Windows 7 OEM EN 48 in 1 For All Laptop / PC ISO DVD | 4.2 GB Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 (64 Bit) x64 (December 2010) Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 (32 Bit) x86 (December 2010) Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition Windows 7 Ultimate 32/64BIT *ACTIVATED* Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Microsoft Office 2010  

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    1. What should you do if the drive on which you want to install Windows Server 2012 already has a partition on it containing an operating system and data you do not need? Remove the file 2. What should you do if the Where do you want to install Windows? page appears‚ but it does not list any drives or partitions? Check to make sure that the drive is installed correctly in the pc and then if it still occurs you need to reformat the drive to work with windows server. 3. Under what conditions

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    comparative study of Microsoft Windows 7 and Mac OS X Snow Leopard" A proposed project presented to the faculty of St. Paul University - Quezon City College of Business and Technology In partial fulfilment of the requirements for the subject Operating System. Submitted By: A‚ Liezl D‚ Lian J‚ Irvin L‚ Raymond M‚ Kate R‚ Regine S.‚ Dianna Submitted to: March 2011 In partial fulfilment of the requirements for the subject Operating System. The proposed project entitled

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