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How much money did Bill Gates pay to buy the disk operating system that he turned around and leased to IBM?
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Microsoft purchased an operating system from a small company, reworked it to meet IBM's specifications, renamed it MS-DOs, and charged IBM only $80,000 for a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use MS-DOS forever.
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What is a computer when it is turned on and the operating system is being loaded?
A computer is loading data when it is turned on and the operating system is being loaded.
How much money did Bill Gates pay to buy the disk operating system that he turned around and lease to IBM?
he payed around 40000 dollars.
A computer is when it is turned on and the operating system is being loaded?
booting
Often it is said that an operating system is always running What is wrong with this statement?
An operating system can't run if it is turned off or has crashed.
When computer is turned on and the operating system is loading?
Generally it's called "booting up" the system
What is it called when a computer is turned on and the operating system is being loaded?
Booting up ..! A boot process is a step by step process with which a computer loads the operating system.
Can you run a computer in safe mode if there is no operating system?
Safe-mode is an option for operating systems whereby many of the extra features are turned off so that one can investigate a problem. Therefore and operating system is required
What operating system component is loaded first when the computer is turned on an resides in the memory?
windows xp
Responsible for controlling the PC when it is first turned on and then gives control to the operating system after it is loaded?
Kernel
When the computer is turned on and the operating system?
first the booting files are loaded in the RAM and these files are in the boot sector where operating system is installed . after loading these file then these files load the operating system in the RAM , some portion of RAM is Allocated by the OS. after that window is ready to perform tasks.
What is when computer is turned on and the operating system is loading?
I'm pretty sure that's the POST or the Power On Self Test.
Is when the computer is turned on and the operating system is loading?
operating system is not a loading, When is trun on system(press the power button). first of checked all the hardware devices,for exmple hard disk,ram,rom and etc. When the all devices dected process further. Jsb
