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    Unix Operating System

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    What are The Three Important Parts Of Unix Operating System‚ Explain Them? Answer: UNIX is an operating system which was first developed in the 1960s‚ and has been under constant development ever since. It is a stable‚ multi-user‚ multi-tasking system for servers‚ desktops and laptops. The UNIX operating system is made up of three parts; the kernel‚ the shell and the utilities (programs). THE KERNEL: The kernel of UNIX is the hub of the operating system: it allocates time and memory to programs

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    Computer Operating System

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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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    Mobile Operating Systems

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    their operating systems. Just like a PC can run different operating systems (like Windows‚ Linux‚ BSD etc.) or different versions of the same operating system (like Windows XP‚ Windows Vista‚ Windows 7 etc.)‚ most smartphones can also run different versions of the operating system they were made for and in exceptional cases‚ they might even be able to run operating systems they weren’t made for. They can be classified in the following manner. 1. Manufacturer-built proprietary operating systems

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    The Purpose of an Operating System Professor John St. John COMP 129 – PC Hardware and Software October 2‚ 2014 Some professionals in the Information Technology (IT) field might describe the Operating System (OS) of a Personal Computer (PC) as its software brain. Jean Andrews‚ Ph.D.‚ describes an OS this way: “An operating system is software that controls a computer. It manages hardware‚ runs applications‚ provides an interface for users‚ and stores‚

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    Mobile Operating Systems

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    Research report on Mobile Operating systems FINAL PAPER This paper provides detailed information about the various features of two major mobile operating systems i.e Android and the iOS. This paper also compares and contrasts their applications from the system and the user point of view 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1) General Introduction 2) Introduction to Android OS 2.1)

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    operating system mobile

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    A mobile operating system (mobile OS) is an OS built exclusively for a mobile device‚ such as a smartphone‚ personal digital assistant (PDA)‚ tablet or other embedded mobile OS. Popular mobile operating systems are Android‚ iOS and Windows Phone. A mobile OS is responsible for identifying and defining mobile device features and functions‚ including keypads‚ application synchronization‚ email and text messaging. Android OS is owned by Google and powered by the Linux kernel‚ it debuted in 2007.

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    Vista Service Pack 1 8. Which file system is used on the volume where Windows is installed? NTFS file system 9. What is the minimum number of partitions required on a hard drive that is to be set up as a dual boot with Windows 7 and Windows XP? One partition for Windows 7 and one partition for Windows XP 10. Is the built-in administrator account in Windows 7 enabled or disabled by default? In Windows XP? Disabled by default for both operating systems. 11. Which gives better security‚ workgroup

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    Types Of Operating System

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    2.1 TYPES OF OPERATING SYSTEM A. Batch Operating System- Batch processing is the most primitive type of operating system. Batch processing generally requires the program‚ data‚ & appropriate system commands to be submitted together in the form of a job. Batch operating systems usually allow little or no interaction between users & executing programs. Examples of such programs include payroll‚ forecasting‚ statistical analysis‚ & large scientific number-crunching programs. Serial processing combined

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    Internet Operating Systems Andrew S Minette POS/355 University of Phoenix Internet operating systems‚ or Web operating systems‚ are not operating systems per say. There are more of user interfaces. An operating system is dependent on system hardware and uses hard disk space on a user computer to install and store applications. Web operating systems‚ however‚ depend on traditional operating systems to run an instance. According to Jonathan Strickland or How Stuff Works‚ while there may not

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    HISTORY OF OPERATIMG SYSTEMS Operating systems (OS) provide a set of functions needed and used by most application programs on a computer‚ and the linkages needed to control and synchronize computer hardware. On the first computers‚ with no operating system‚ every program needed the full hardware specification to run correctly and perform standard tasks‚ and its own drivers for peripheral devices like printers and punched paper card readers. The growing complexity of hardware and application programs

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