Mobile Operating Systems (Mobile OS) Introduction: A mobile operating system‚ also called a mobile OS‚ is an operating system that is specifically designed to run on mobile devices such as mobile phones‚ smartphones‚ PDAs‚ tablet computers and other handheld devices.Much like the Linux or Windows operating system controls your desktop or laptop computer‚ a mobile operating system is the software platform on top of which other programs can run on mobile devices. The operating system is responsible
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What are the two differences between user-level and kernel-level threads? Under what circumstances is one type is better than other? Answer: 1- User-level threads are unknown by the kernel‚ whereas the kernel is aware of kernel threads. 2- On systems using either M: 1 or M: N mapping‚ user threads are scheduled by the thread library and the kernel schedules kernel threads. 3- Kernel threads need not be associated with a process whereas every user thread belongs to a process. Kernel threads are
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Group Case Study “Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy” Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy ABSTRACT 2 This case study examines the factors explaining the difference between Microsoft’s market value of equity to book value of equity and overall financial reporting strategies employed at the firm. We analyzed financial information dating from 1985 to 1999 and 2011 annual report provided by Microsoft. We found factors explaining market value of equity are perceived risk and future cash
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Guide to UNIX Using Linux Fourth Edition Chapter 5 Solutions Answers to the Chapter 5 Review Questions 1. You have just finished a 25-page paper that you have written using Emacs. The file containing the paper is called /assignments/data_sources. After your instructor has briefly looked at the paper‚ she recommends that you change all instances of the reference “data is” to “data are” before you submit it. Which of the following commands can you use to locate these references in the
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CS 2203: Operating Systems Centre for Advance Studies in Engineering (CASE) Hand-out 8: Lab 08 Instructions March 2014 Computer Science Department Instructor: Shehreyar Rashid Lab 8: Introduction to Java and Sockets Objectives Write‚ compile‚ and execute Java programs in Linux using command line. Use an IDE to write‚ compile‚ and execute Java programs in Linux. Learn to write client-server application using Sockets. Credits: This lab uses material from Silberschatz‚ Galvin
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1. What is the application Zenmap GUI typically used for? Describe a scenario in which you would use this type of application. Zenmap is an application that is used to scan ports for networks. A scenario where it can be used is to scan the ports of a network to know exactly which ports are opened or closed thus allowing a network administrator to reduce the vulnerability of its network. 2. Which application is used for Step 2 in the hacking process to perform a vulnerability assessment scan
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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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support. I am also thank full to all my professors. 2 Comparison of mobile OS ABSTARCT It ’s easy to have tunnel vision when you ’re choosing a smartphone with Nokia‚ Apple‚Windows and Google ’s Android each holding a healthy slice of the market share‚ but which one represents the best all-round value?Nokia ’s Symbian^3 has the benefit of being easy to use and familiar to most‚ and with its recent makeover looks every inch the modern smartphone platform. Google ’s Android is easy and understandable
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Running Head: Operating Systems - Linux Operating Systems - Linux Prepared by Jackie Riddick University of Phoenix November 18‚ 2007 Operating Systems - Linux Brief History. Linus Torvalds created the Linux operating system in 1991 while he was still a student at the University of Helsinki in Finland. He developed and released the Linux kernel under the GNU General Public License so that its source code would be free to all and others could modify it to meet their specific needs. The
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Strategy and The Internet Michael E. Porter Harvard Business Review In this article‚ the author (Michael E. Porter)‚ explains his opinion on the use of the internet by organisations. He points out that both dot-coms and established companies have both‚ by way of competition‚ violated the core precept of strategy in businesses. Porter brings out the fact that companies focussed more on attracting more customers‚ via discounted channels‚ discounting and advertising‚ rather than having profit in
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