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The memory resident portion of an operating system is commonly referred to as the?
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Commonly referred to as the 'kernel'
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What is the memory resident portion of the operating system?
The Kernel
The portion of the operating system that remains in main memory during system operation?
The Kernel
What part of the operating sytem is stored on ROM?
Most computers nowadays do not store any portion of the operating system in ROM. Among those that did and still do, only the kernel and basic system libraries are placed in ROM.
How operating system of a personal computer comes into working order?
A PC going through its booting sequence upon staring, a personal computer's CPU runs the instruction located at the memory location of the Basic Input/ Output System (BIOS). It contains a jump instruction that transfer execution to the location of the BIOS startup program. This program runs a Power On Self Test to check that devices the computer rely on are functioning; it also initializes these devices. Then the BIOS go through a preconfigured list of devices until it finds one that is bootable. If the BIOS find a bootable device, it loads and executes its boot sector. In the case of a hard drive, this is referred to as the master boot record (MBR) and is often not operating system specific. Usually MBR code checks the partition table for an active portion. If one is found, the MBR code loads that partition's boot sector and executes it. The boot sector is often operating system specific, however in most operating systems its main function is to load and execute the kernel, which continues startup and in the case of multi-user operating systems prompt the login screen.
What is GNU in operating system?
GNU is a Free Software project which is essential to the Linux operating system. It is a project that provides and distributes a lot of the software which is essential to making a fully-functional operating system distribution based upon the Linux kernel. For example, the Linux tools/commands that allow you to enter and run commands, copy files from one directory to another, compress and uncompress files, search for strings within text files, and mount and unmount filesystems are all GNU-provided tools. In short, GNU is a project which provides a major portion of the base Linux operating system - besides Linux itself which is the kernel and is provided by a separate project. It does not however provide the entire rest of the operating system; primarily just the type of basic tools mentioned above (although a very lot of them). Some GNU software has also been ported to run on other operating systems also. Some people refer to the Linux operating system as GNU/Linux to reflect the major contribution which GNU provides to that operating system.
What is the memory resident portion of the operating system?
The Kernel
What is the portion of the U.S. Constitution that gives Congress the power to coin money commonly referred to as?
Currency Clause
What is an idividual portion of stock referred as?
An individual portion of stock is referred to as a share.
Mollusks are commonly referred to as the soft bodied animals because?
They all possess a soft portion of their body known as the visceral mass.
What is name for memory is a concept in which the operating system allocates a portion of a storage medium to function as additional RAM?
It is commonly called "virtual memory".
Which portion of the respiratory tract is referred to as the throat?
larynx
What is the difference between Linux and an operating system?
Linux is an operating system kernel. It is a portion of the software that makes up a complete operating system.
Any portion of a computer that you can physically touch is referred to as?
Hardware
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Cinnamon is a resident of Jungle Isle and lives in a Treehouse in the southernmost portion.
The liquid portion of the blood in which the cells are suspended is correctly referred to as?
plasma
If blood is allowed to clot the fluid portion of the sample is referred to?
Serum or supernatent
The portion of the operating system that remains in main memory during system operation?
The Kernel
