Overview of Functions of an Operating System Norman Matloff University of California‚ Davis ©2001‚ N. Matloff May 30‚ 2001 Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 It’s Just a Program! 1.2 What Is an OS for‚ Anyway? 1.3 A Bit More on System Calls 1.4 Making These Concepts Concrete: Commands You Can Try Yourself 2 System Bootup 3 Application Program Loading 4 Timesharing 4.1 Many Processes‚ Taking Turns 4.2 Example of OS Code: Linux for Intel CPUs 4.3
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Study In our life today‚ computer is one of the many inventions that greatly affected our way of living. In fact‚ it is regarded as an essential tool in many areas including business‚ industry‚ government‚ sciences‚ education‚ school‚ home‚ and in almost any organization and establishment that exists. It can perform operation and process data rapidly‚ accurately and reliably and by using these machines‚ spending a lot of time and effort in doing certain task is minimized. Computer nowadays has become
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Measuring the effectiveness of human computer interaction - HCI - can be complex as it involves many influencing factors‚ some of which are determined on an emotional level (making it subjective rather than quantitative). The effectiveness of HCI relates to the usability of a computer system by a human. For a computer to be effective‚ HCI levels must be high. In simple terms‚ a computer that is difficult to use is not a good computer. Indicators of the effectiveness of HCI There are a number of
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Hardware Hardware refers to the physical parts of the computer and devices related to a computer. Internal computer hardware devices include motherboards‚ hard drives and RAM. External computer hardware devices include keyboards‚ mice‚ monitors‚ printers and scanners. The internal hardware of a computer are usually referred to as “components”‚ while the external pieces of hardware are called “peripherals”. Together‚ components and peripherals fall under the category of computer hardware. The power
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Research on the Human Computer Interaction of E-learning Shu-mei Zhang 1‚ Qin-chuan Zhan 1‚ He-min Du 2 I School of Art & Design‚ Shaanxi University of Science & Technology Xi ’an‚ P.R.China 2 sjxy@sust.edu.cn xtdn-dhm@126.com Institute of Industrial Design‚ Northwestern Polytechnic University Xi ’an‚ P.R.China Abstract-Although the hardware and software technology affect the development of E-Iearning technology‚ but human computer interaction factor determines the ultimate learning
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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 the resources
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Military Computer Systems History : By Bilal At the outset of computer engineering development in the USSR in the 1950s the main attention was concentrated on the creation of computers which could solve complex mathematical problems. Computers then were stationary and intended for successive or batch problem solution irrelatively to the real time and dynamic parameter changes. Later the machines formed the most widespread class of universal computers for various applications. By the late
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always wondered how technology can be beneficial to mass people. At the beginning‚ I did not have much idea about how a system can be designed which will affect the behavior and perception of people in a constructive way. But my innermost feeling always ticked me to know further about this. The thought of inventing something that can help thousands of people always fascinated me. Later I came to know that this concealed thought of mine‚ has actually a name‚ which is Human-Computer Interaction. Though
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TWC: Operating Systems and Software Applications University of Phoenix BIS/320 January 14‚ 2013 Dr. Kathryn J. Moland‚ PMP TWC: Operating Systems and Software Applications Time Warner Cable (TWC) is one of the nation’s largest cable companies and being such has a large network of hardware and software at its disposal. According to "Time Warner Cable" (2013)‚ its mission statement is to connect people and businesses with information‚ entertainment‚ and to give customers controls that are
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A Proposed Computerized Payroll System Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE Introduction As computer technology changes at such fast phase‚ many businesses sectors try to cope up by upgrading computer system constantly in order to stay competitive. The multi function ability of technology for its advance system is also an important factor for a company to use software. It makes efficient use of the advance technology and has ambition to discover more. Computers have the great
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