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Operating Systems
Operating systems, both proprietary and open-source, include those produced by Microsoft, Linux, and Apple Mac
4,423 Questions
How do you partition a system partition?
You can do it in 2 ways:
1：you can try disk management,You can change/make partitions on your hard disk even when there are still files on it
2:you can try three party partition manager software,like as gaprted, MiniTool partition wizard and so on.
How do you install a dual operating system?
From my experience it is easier to start installing older version whatever it is. Because newer OSes have better boot compability with other OSes. Exclusions from this rule are Linux and Windows. It's better to istall Wndows and after that in a separate partion Linux.
Why can't you to eat before an operation?
Because you could aspirate it into your lungs. Anesthesia dulls the reflexes that normally close off and protect your lungs from foreign matter entering them.
What is a disk operating system?
An operating system (OS) is software that controls the internals of a computer. The first large computers did not have operating systems or programming languages. You entered insructions through lights on the main console. The first operating systems were on punched cards, which you read into computer memory. They would then control instructions entered on decks of punched cards (a "computer program"). When you turned off the computer, the memory would NOT be cleared, so the next time you turned on the computer, the operating system would still be there. At this time, computers consisted of a "central processor" (the equivalent of a mother board today) that took up a room, punched cards input and output, and printers. There were no magnetic devices such as tapes or hard or floppy disk. The problem with this was that it required that everything from your operating system to your program be entered in "machine" language - binary codes that told the processor what to do (move something, compare something, add, subtract etc.). The next step was to create an operating system that was "flexible" and easily updated. So the "TOS", or Tape Operating System was created. This consisted of adding a tape drive to the computer complex, and storing the "OS" card deck on tape. About this time, they changed over to "volatile" memory that was cleared when you powered down the computer, so the OS had to be re-loaded every time when you turned it back on.
In this way, if you wanted to change operating systems (go from a financial operating system that handled money to a scientific OS that handled spiral decay of satellites), you just stored that OS on a tape and mounted the tape you wanted, which you then loaded into memory. It was at this point that the "general purpose" computer was born. Up until then, each computer was dedicated to a task such as financial, or scientific or military.
The computer then evolved into "magnetic" systems - tape, disk, cylinders, platters, CRAM (Card Random Access Memory) - there were many different kinds of storage that could be used for input and output. The next logical step was to take the TOS and put it out on disk (or even magnetic cards), so you didn't have to mount a tape to load or change an operating system. This was DOS (Disk Operating System). DOS was originally on mainframe computers.
At the same time mainframe computers were maturing, so was the "hobby" computer. It followed the same path as mainfame, only slower, so it went through a "console lights" phase where you could only do something through the lights and/or switches, into an "operating system" on tape and finally into a DOS (of which there were several flavors). Today, most operating systems are DOS, but they might be stored on media other than disk, such as Thumb Drives, which are really solid state chips and not disk drives. The PC "BIOS", the Basic Input/Output Operating System, is an example of a DOS on a chip that is used to initialize your computer so it can read/write from all the devices that it consists of.
What is Hobby OS operating system?
Operating system development as a hobby has a large cult-like following. As such, operating systems, such as Linux, have derived from hobby operating system projects. The design and implementation of an operating system requires skill and determination, and the term can cover anything from a basic "Hello World" boot loader to a fully featured kernel. One example of this is the Minix Operating System-an OS that was designed by A.S. Tanenbaum as a teaching tool but was heavily used by hobbyists before Linux eclipsed it in popularity.
How can you determine which Operating system is installed in your computer?
If it is a windows OS, it will appear on the loading screen (something like xp, 95, vista...) If you want more details like the version or build number, go to my computer and click "View system information".
Write a short note on Windows?
It is a computer operating system or a transparent pane to allow light to enter
At the moment Android is growing the fastest given the number of android devices being manufactured. It has also penetrated the budget smart phone market with a number of manafacturers and shops already selling them between £49.99 and £100.00.
How do you tell which operating system is on your PC?
By right clicking on my computer and selecting properties and there you will find all the info about your computer. And you will find the operating system is installed on your pc.
True or false most operating systems today use a command line interface?
False. All of the current generation of operating systems, including Windows, Linux, Android, iOS, Mac OS, Menuet OS, Haiku OS, Chrome OS, and many others all use a graphical user interface as their primary or only interface for the user to interact with. Linux can be configured to use a command line interface, but it is not the default for most any full-sized installation of Linux (e.g. any version of Linux that is installable, including many live CD/DVD setups, that are larger than approximately 100MB in size).
What are the advantages of multi user?
Multiple user games are fun to play because you are interacting with other people, when playing over the internet with other users, being able to talk to other players makes the game feel more real. Also the fact that you might be better the other users in games such as "CounterStrike" makes you want to play on in hope that you will become better then friends and other users.
Can client operating systems be used without a network?
yes, because maisha brown said so. if you have a problem come shake, all jokes aside.
Is operating system the system software?
Most people think of the operating system as the system software. The operating system is the most important software on a computer. It controls the computer's hardware and provides a platform for other software to run on.
Operating systems are complex and often have a lot of low-level code that is difficult to understand. They also have to be very reliable, as a crash can mean lost data or even physical damage to the computer.
Which components of program state are shared across threads in a multi-threaded process?
a. Register values
b. Heap memory
c. Global variables
d. Stack memory
They defended their Internet browsers being installed with their operating systems by pointing out that the browser could not be sold separately.
What part of the operating system allows users to communicate with the computer system?
The answer is the "shell." The shell takes two forms:
Command line interface (Like cmd.exe or BASH.), what is often just called a "shell" in many circles. You enter a command, arguments, or even construct entire strings of commands or scripts and the computer will, provided they are valid.
The other is the graphical user interface, examples are Aero, Explorer, Plasma Workspaces, twm, Quartz. Usually if you use your mouse and click on icons or menus to launch your applications rather than invocation from the keyboard.
Further, when you use application software you are also leveraging communication with the operating system. Any time your application needs to make any use of the hardware for any reason, it has to negotiate with the operating system to get services from the hardware. In modern operating systems, applications have zero control over the hardware, they usually have to tell the kernel when they need something outside of the CPU.
How to run the audio file copied from a CD on a computer using windows operating system?
It depends on what you mean by "run the audio file copied from a CD." If you mean you copied a track straight off a CD onto your computer's hard drive then you have two choices: create a virtual CD-ROM drive to play the track; or, two, convert the audio file to a format the media player you have on your PC can play (mp3, wma, etc.). In either case you'll need special software to create the virtual drive or to convert the audio file for playing. If neither option is for you then you should still be able to play your audio CD from your CD-ROM drive using the default audio software that came with Windows.
What is Difference between primitive and non-primitive?
a unit cell which do not contain any interior point is called primitive unit cell.and a unit cell which contain extra lattice point not at corners is called non primitive unit cell.
yes.
What is the difference between multiuser multitasking and multiprogramming?
Multiuser multitasking is what many mainframe computers were set up to do after about 1965, when it was realized that a computer was sitting idle for most of the time, waiting for the next input to arrive. By setting up a number of different terminals, each with its own address, and its own interrupt number, several different users could be working with a computer at the same time, running different programs, which required the computer to perform different tasks, such as creating data tables, calculating values based upon variables that were input, reading records and assigning each different record a value based upon a calculation which used variables included in the records, and so forth. Multiprograming is what an operating system such as Windows, or the Apple OS for Macintosh does, as well as many Linux operating systems. Several different programs are loaded into a desktop computer, such as a web browser, mail program, games, image editor, etcetera, and they are all opened up and running at the same time. Of course, most desktop computers were not powerful enough until recently to be able to actually manipulate an image while browsing the internet while running a game. However, the newest generation of processors, which are clocking over 2 gigaHertz, can easily perform all of these functions without appearing to hesitate at all.
