Technology Unit 3: Operating Systems Objectives: Define the term software Differentiate between system software and application software Define the terms operating system and utility program Identify the types of operating systems Explain the boot process of a computer Describe the functions of an operating system Identify common utility programs Software‚ also called a program‚ consists of a series of related instructions‚ organized for a common purpose‚ that tells the computer what tasks
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1. Introduction to Operating System:- Computer is a somewhat complex machine. The world has become accustomed to so many choices. One of the major choices in the modern era is the “Operating System (OS)”. Operating systems are the central software component to any computer. The main brands of operating system are; Windows Mac OS‚ Sun Solaris‚ UNIX‚ DOS and Linux. Each brand has its own take on what makes up an operating system. Windows is the most commonly used operating system around the world.
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Introduction: An operating system (OS) is a collection of software that manages computer hardware resources and provides common services for computer programs. The operating system is a vital component of the system software in a computer system. Application programs usually require an operating system to function. For any computer to function‚ it must have an operating system (OS). A powered computer with no operating system will only display coded text messages only understandable to the computer itself
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Comparing Word-Processing Applications Your boss is concerned that several Windows 7 and Fedora 13 computers are running near capacity. What tools could help you gain additional insight into this problem? Create a short report for your boss that details how to obtain and interpret this information. For the Windows 7 computers: - Go to the Task Manager (right click on the taskbar to gain access to the Task Manager link) o Applications tab will show what applications are running at that particular
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What is the need of Operating System in a Computer? Explain the facilities provided by an operating system to its users. Also explain the services that are offered by the Operating System Ans: An operating system is an essential software component of a computer system. The basic objectives of an operating system are to make the computer system convenient to use and to utilize computer hardware in an efficient manner. We can define an operating system as a large collection of software‚ which manages
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Computers Mary Feger AIU Online Abstract When looking for a computer‚ there are quite a few good ones out there. There are desk tops laptops and tablets. When it comes to buying one of them there are allot of things the consumer should keep in mind. The model‚ the price‚ and the functionality. Desk Top Computer
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unwanted directory. The Syntax is C:\>RD My File PROMPT – This is just the command line. Example C:\>‚ A:\>‚ D:\> etc. TIME – This is used to view or set the system time. The syntax is C:\> TYPE – This Command will dump the contents of a text file to your screen. The Syntax is C:\type file.txt VER – This is used to view Operating System Version or the Windows version. VERIFY – This Tells Windows whether to verify that your files are written correctly to a disk. The Syntax is C:\> VERIFY ON or
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INTRODUCTION Operating system (OS) is a set of programs that acts as an interface between user and computer hardware. It also manages the internal resources of a computer like control Unit‚ arithmetic logic unit‚ memory unit‚ I/O unit etc. simply we can say that operating system (OS) is a communication channel between the user and the computer machine. It is must for any computer system because the OS is only: The one program that runs at all the times on the computer. The program that
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Galvin To my wife‚ Pat‚ and our sons‚ Tom and Jay Greg Gagne Abraham Silberschatz is the Sidney J. Weinberg Professor & Chair of Computer Science at Yale University. Prior to joining Yale‚ he was the Vice President of the Information Sciences Research Center at Bell Laboratories. Prior to that‚ he held a chaired professorship in the Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. Professor Silberschatz is an ACM Fellow and an IEEE Fellow. He received the 2002 IEEE Taylor
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Operating system ABCs An operating system‚ or OS‚ is a software program that enables the computer hardware to communicate and operate with the computer software. Without a computer operating system‚ a computer would be useless. Operating system types As computers have progressed and developed so have the operating systems. Below is a basic list of the different operating systems and a few examples of operating systems that fall into each of the categories. Many computer operating systems will
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