STUDENT’S MANUAL TO ACCOMPANY OPERATING SYSTEM CONCEPTS SEVENTH EDITION ABRAHAM SILBERSCHATZ Yale University PETER BAER GALVIN Corporate Technologies GREG GAGNE Westminster College Preface This volume is a student’s manual for the Seventh Edition of Operating System Concepts‚ by Abraham Silberschatz‚ Peter Baer Galvin‚ and Greg Gagne. It consists of answers to the exercises in the parent text. Although we have tried to produce a student’s manual that will aid all of the users
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Types of Operating Systems Within the broad family of operating systems‚ there are generally four types‚ categorized based on the types of computers they control and the sort of applications they support. The categories are: * Real-time operating system (RTOS) - Real-time operating systems are used to control machinery‚ scientific instruments and industrial systems. An RTOS typically has very little user-interface capability‚ and no end-user utilities‚ since the system will be a "sealed box"
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Operating a Franchise in Australia Contents Introduction 2 Discussion 3 Conclusion 11 References 12 Introduction The major issues or background of the essay is the need to review the franchisee code of conduct in Australia and verifying the amendments those took place in 2008 and 2010. The key points for this review are issues like questions of good faith in franchising‚ the various rights of franchisees at the end of their franchise agreements for example recognition for any contribution
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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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Operating System Basics Functions of Operating Systems • An operating system is the software on a computer that manages the way different programs use its hardware‚ and regulates the ways that a user controls the computer. • Provide a user interface • Run programs • Organized file storage Types of Operating Systems • Real-time operating system – Very fast small OS – Built into a device – Respond quickly to user input – MP3 players
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UNIX/Linux‚ Mac‚ Microsoft Windows Operating System Differences University of Phoenix Abstract This paper will elaborate on the major differences of the main Operating Systems (OS)‚ which are UNIX/Linux‚ Mac®‚ Microsoft® Windows®. The areas of discussion for this paper will be on Memory Management‚ Process Management‚ File Management‚ and Security for each operating system. Operating Systems (OS) for a computer is the main processing software
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Components of an Operating System In order to perform the actions requested by the computer’s users‚ an operating system must be able to communicate with those users. The portion of an operating system that handles this communication is often called the user interface. Older user interfaces‚ called shells‚ communicated with users through textual messages using a keyboard and monitor screen. More modern systems perform this task by means of a graphical user interface (GUI) in which objects to be
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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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ICT 100: Introduction to Information and Communications Technology Unit 3: Operating Systems Objectives: Define the term software Differentiate between system software and application software Define the terms operating system and utility program Identify the types of operating systems Explain the boot process of a computer Describe the functions of an operating system Identify common utility programs Software‚ also called a program‚ consists of a series of related instructions
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is Linux? Which parts of the Linux operating system did each provide? Who else has helped build and refine this operating system? GNU stands for "GNU’S Not Unix"‚ and it was designed to be a UNIX-like operating system developed by Richard Stallman. Linux is the name of operating system kernel developed by Linus Torvalds. GNU’s tools aside the Linux kernel make the operating system known as “Linux” aka “GNU/Linux”. Thousands of people helped refine the operating system online. Chapter 2 1. Briefly
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