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This is basically the same question as which came first, the Chicken or the Egg. Its argumentative.

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Q: Which came first the Operating system or the hardware?
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What is the worst operating system ever?

Vista was pretty shakey when it first came out. But now that the bugs are out of it, it works fine for me.


What is the first generation of operating system?

First generation of operating systems were developed around early 50s to meet the hardware evolution of the time. During this period, the mode of operation was called closed shop where operators would select , run jobs and select another jobs. Later, a development of mono-programmed OS which eliminated some of the human intervention in running jobs came into play as systems were designed to be operated as batch processing system. The inherent problems with the first generation were inefficient use of system resources ( which was evident in slow CPU performance) and system protection.


Why distributed computing system came into existence?

The original motivation for the development of distributed computing operating systems was for high reliability computing where no downtime (even for maintenance and repair) could be tolerated. These high reliability computing systems were of necessity composed of many redundant pieces of computing hardware modules (e.g. CPUs, memories, I/Os, hard disks) that a technician could unexpectedly remove at any time. These systems thus needed an operating system that would distribute itself and the applications redundantly too over the redundant hardware and recover from the unexpected removal of that hardware without the loss of any work making use of the removed hardware or a system crash. When the technician either replaced the removed module with a new one or expands the system with several new hardware modules the operating system must automatically distribute itself and the applications across the new redundant hardware without human interaction and without any system crashes.


Which was the first computer operating system?

DOS: Disk Operating SystemTOS: Tape Operating System, most likely came first.It used 1/2 inch 7 channel tapes on computers without harddisks.Before that IBM had a system called IBSYS on their 7090 & 7094 computers, but it was more of a Batch Monitor than a real Operating System (it only automatically ran jobs one after another in batches).


How does the journaling help an operating system recover from system failures?

It recovers the change in the file so you can reindex. That's what I came up with.

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Vista was pretty shakey when it first came out. But now that the bugs are out of it, it works fine for me.


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What is the operating system used in smart phones?

The one that the phone came with.


What is the first generation of operating system?

First generation of operating systems were developed around early 50s to meet the hardware evolution of the time. During this period, the mode of operation was called closed shop where operators would select , run jobs and select another jobs. Later, a development of mono-programmed OS which eliminated some of the human intervention in running jobs came into play as systems were designed to be operated as batch processing system. The inherent problems with the first generation were inefficient use of system resources ( which was evident in slow CPU performance) and system protection.


Why distributed computing system came into existence?

The original motivation for the development of distributed computing operating systems was for high reliability computing where no downtime (even for maintenance and repair) could be tolerated. These high reliability computing systems were of necessity composed of many redundant pieces of computing hardware modules (e.g. CPUs, memories, I/Os, hard disks) that a technician could unexpectedly remove at any time. These systems thus needed an operating system that would distribute itself and the applications redundantly too over the redundant hardware and recover from the unexpected removal of that hardware without the loss of any work making use of the removed hardware or a system crash. When the technician either replaced the removed module with a new one or expands the system with several new hardware modules the operating system must automatically distribute itself and the applications across the new redundant hardware without human interaction and without any system crashes.


What is the first used operating system ms dos or Linux?

The first OS was technically LEO I (1951) MS DOS (1981) Linux (1991 Even though MS came out first Linux is based on the much much older Unix based system which came out in 1969.


What operating system came out after Windows Vista?

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Which was the first computer operating system?

DOS: Disk Operating SystemTOS: Tape Operating System, most likely came first.It used 1/2 inch 7 channel tapes on computers without harddisks.Before that IBM had a system called IBSYS on their 7090 & 7094 computers, but it was more of a Batch Monitor than a real Operating System (it only automatically ran jobs one after another in batches).


When was the first software for Unix released?

Programs have existed since Unix was conceived: in fact, the operating system is no more than a kernel and user-space programs! Unix was first released in 1969, and along came with supplemental programs distributed as part of the original Unix operating system at AT&T Bell Laboratories.


Which Windows operating system goes between XP and Windows 7?

Windows Vista is the operating systems that came between Windows XP and Windows 7. As of 2013, the newest version of windows operating system is Windows 8.