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    single-processor system? * Umumnya‚ setiap situasi di mana pemungutan dihindari menggunakan multithreading‚ yang memungkinkan thread untuk memblokir daripada berkutat di beberapa kondisi. 4.4 Which of the following components of program state are shared across threads in a multithreaded process? * Heap memory dan Global variables 4.5 Can a multithreaded solution using multiple user-level threads achieve better performance on a multiprocessor system than on a single-processor system?

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    1. Briefly‚ what is an operating system? An operating system serves as a hardware/software interface‚ acts as a repository for common‚ shared routines and defines a platform for constructing and executing application software. 2. An operating system presents an application programmer with a relatively "friendly" hardware/software interface. What does this mean? Why is it important? The user interface‚ sometimes called the shell‚ provides a mechanism for the user and application programs to communicate

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    error or by a specific request from a user program that an OS service be performed .Dual-mode Operation allows OS to protect itself and other system components whereas Multimode Operation increasingly CPUs support multi-mode operations. System call provides the means for a user program to ask OS to perform OS tasks on the user program’s behalf. When a system callis executed‚ it is treated by H/W as a S/W interrupt. Timer protects CPU resource from getting stuck by a user program. To ensure OS maintains

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    Operating Systems Task 1 An operating system (OS) is a part of software which manages the operation of a computer. It controls the hardware and software of a computer‚ without it a computer would be useless. DOS Disk operating system (DOS) was released in 1981. It will load from a floppy disk each time a computer starts. DOS uses a command line interface. Command line interface can be difficult to use if you aren’t trained or experienced in using it. DOS is the predecessor to windows. DOS is

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    Operating System An operating system (OS) is a collection of software that manages computer hardware resources and provides common services for computer programs. It is a program designed to run other programs on a computer. The operating system is an essential component of the system software in a computer system. Application programs usually require an operating system to function. Time-sharing operating systems schedule tasks for efficient use of the system and may also include accounting software

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    Technology II-C Passed to: Mrs. Maryjes Calades Operating system examples 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 fall into more than one of the below categories. GUI - Short for Graphical User Interface‚ a GUI Operating System contains graphics and icons and is commonly navigated by

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    EXAMPLE OF MULTI-USER OPERATING SYSTEM The common examples of multi-user operating system’ include VMS‚ UNIX‚ and mainframe operating systems which include MVS system. A single user multi-tasking operating system is an operating system is capable of allowing multiple software processors to run at the same time. EXAMPLE OF NETWORK OR DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM Short for Network operating system‚ NOS is the software that allows multiple computers to communicate‚ share files and hardware devices with one

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    Chapter no | Topic | 1 | Introduction‚ Types ‚ Computer System Overview | 2 | Operating System Structure‚ Components and Functions‚ Virtual Machine | 3 | Process Concept‚ Operation‚ Process scheduling‚ symmetric multi -processing‚ Cooperating Processes | 4 | Thread Concept‚ Thread Vs Process‚ IPC ‚kernel ‚microkernel | 5 | Scheduling‚ Types‚ Scheduling in batch‚ interactive and real-time systems (SJN‚ SJF‚ FIFO‚ LJN‚ round-robin‚ priority scheduling‚ and hybrid schemes). | 6 | Deadlock:

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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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    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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