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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not work without the integration of software. By this‚ hardware cannot stand alone without software. Thus‚ the hardware which is the computer system must be integrated by the software. This software is the so-called operating system (OS). Operating system gives an important role in computer system. This is a collection of system programs that controls the operation of a computer system. The purpose of this is to organize and control hardware and software so that the device it lives in behaves
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Week 2 Paper: Uses of Statistical Information Lynda Gruenewald-Schmitz HCS/438 June 17‚ 2013 Amber Krasny Uses of Statistical Information According to Bennett‚ Briggs & Triola (2009)‚ descriptive statistics transforms data into a picture of information that is readily understandable using measures such as mean‚ median‚ mode‚ variation and standard deviation. Inferential statistics help researchers decide whether their outcomes are a result of factors planned within design of the study
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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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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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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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Android Operating System Android is an open-source software stack for mobile phones and tablet devices. Android was originated by a group of companies known as the Open Handset Alliance‚ led by Google. Today‚ many companies have collaborated in the creation and development of the Android operating system. The members of the OHA contributed in the form of allocating significant engineering resources to improve Android and bring Android devices to Market. (Open Handset Alliance‚ n.d.) According to
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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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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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