MICROSOFT WINDOWS I. Introduction Microsoft Windows is a series of graphical interface operating systems developed‚ marketed‚ and sold by Microsoft. Windows was introduced in 1985 as a graphical operating environment for MS-DOS regarding to the growing number of users interest in graphical user interfaces (GUI). As a result‚ the world’s personal computer market is gradually dominated by Microsoft Windows with over 90% market share‚ surpassing Mac OS‚ which had been introduced in 1984. In September
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Mac‚ Linux‚ and Windows Servers Comparison Apple offers only a few options for server hardware‚ and only one option for server software. The hardware I looked at was the Mac Mini with OS X Server. With a relatively low starting price point of $999 that includes the software‚ Apple surprisingly wins the cost category‚ at least when looking at up front costs (Mac Mini With OS X Server Overview‚ n.d.). The Mac Mini hardware includes 2TB of storage space‚ 4GB of Memory‚ and is backed by Apple’s
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FreeBSD vs. Linux vs. Windows 2000 FreeBSD Linux Windows 2000 Reliability FreeBSD is extremely robust. There are numerous testimonials of active servers with uptimes measured in years. The new Soft Updates1 file system optimizes disk I/O for high performance‚ yet still ensures reliability for transaction based applications‚ such as databases. Linux is well known for its reliability. Servers often stay up for years. However‚ disk I/O is non-synchronous by default‚ which is less reliable for
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Sliding Window Protocol Introduction: Sliding window protocol is used where a reliable transmitting of frame is required. It relies on packeting the frame queue to a definable window size which is provided to sender and receiver. Sliding window protocol defines maximum transmitter window size‚ Ws which is always one less than the sequence number. How transmitter window is defined: It is contains the data that are ready to be send. The lower limit in transmitter window which is waiting for
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Analyse the ‘Broken Window’ theory in relation to crime prevention. What are the main strengths and weaknesses of this theory. The Broken Windows theory was first proposed by two social scientists James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling in the 1982 article‚ "Broken Windows"‚ ( Wilson and Kelling‚ 1982). The analogy of broken windows used to explain this theory is that signs of disorder in a neighborhood inhibit the efforts of the residents to show social control. Any lack of social control makes
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Why doesn’t the system drive (C:) appear on the Select where you want to save your backup page?You cannot backup on the same partition where the system is‚ Windows backup tool does not allow this. If a virus infection or software failure occurs you would have to reformat your drive‚ it would be illogical for this tool to allow you to back up on the system partition. As we already know partitions are separate drives you cannot back up on the same drive it defeats the purpose of backing up. If that
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History 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
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Microsoft Windows The oldest of all Microsoft’s operating systems is MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System). MS-DOS is a text-based operating system. Users have to type commands rather than use the more friendly graphical user interfaces (GUI’s) available today. Despite its very basic appearance‚ MS-DOS is a very powerful operating system. There are many advanced applications and games available for MS-DOS. A version of MS-DOS underpins Windows. Many advanced administration tasks in Windows can only
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com Windows.Microsoft.com Windows 8 Product guide Windows.Microsoft.com 02 03 Windows.Microsoft.com © 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Windows.Microsoft.com 01 Contents Windows reimagined 04 Windows 7‚ only better The new Start screen Touch‚ keyboard‚ and mouse: seamless integration The new language of touch 06 06 08 10 Windows 8 is cloud-connected Your Windows everywhere Connected to
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Running head: UNIX VERSUS. WINDOWS NETWORKING UNIX Versus Windows Networking Anthony Gowin‚ Steve Groff‚ James Mahan‚ Manny Garcia University of Phoenix - Tulsa‚ OK. Introduction to UNIX POS/420 Pedro Serrano November 24‚ 2009 UNIX Versus. Windows Networking A Comparison of the file processing of Linux and Windows. The definition of a process in computer lingo is a program in the state of execution (Unix Intro‚ 2009). Windows and Linux make use of memory differently to accomplish
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