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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1. In a multiprogramming and time sharing environment‚ several users share the system simultaneously. This situation can results in various security problems. a. What are the two such problems? Ans: The two problems in Multiprogramming and time sharing environment are Stealing or copying a user’s files; Writing over another program’s (belonging to another user or to the OS) area in memory; Using system resources (CPU‚ disk space) without proper accounting; Causing the printer to mix output by
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Operating System Security Security is the most important part of an operating system when it comes to keeping the system and its information safe. There are various aspects to the security piece in an operating system; which are protocols‚ kernel and encryption. The UNIX/LINIX‚ Apple and Windows Server 2008 all have protocol‚ kernel and encryption features. These features need to be enabled to the highest level in order to have the most security for each of these operating systems. Even
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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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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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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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EVOLUTION OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM Operating systems as they are known today trace their lineage to the first distinctions between hardware and software. The first digital computers of the 1940s had no concept of abstraction; their operators inputted machine code directly to the machines they were working on. As computers evolved in the 1950s and 1960s however‚ the distinction between hardware such as the CPU and memory (or Core as it was called then) and the software that was written on top of it
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ABSTRACT Over the past several decades‚ as the first generation of computer operating system capability has been introduced into the world‚ data processing and manipulation products and services have gradually assumed increasing importance. Now‚ technological development and the widespread acceptance of standard are transforming the way in which information is used to support the daily task function. In addition to the traditional data processing requirement for manipulating the data (meaning text
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