Operating Systems

The best desktop operating system to use depends on what its intended use will be and who will be using it. There is no specific...

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Before having multiple OS be sure to partition your HDD first and put your OS to each partition. Start with the later one. For...

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RTOS stands for real-time operating system, versus the general-computing operating system (OS). The key difference between...

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A modern operating system functions on and within a specific computer although it may collect, use or deliver data outside of its...

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I have both BSCS and MSCS, with 24 years in industry, and I have heard the use of these terms vary depending upon who is using...

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The first thing to do is to establish & connect all your physical equipment - cables, switches etc. Then you can get to work...

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Security is a difficult and sometimes controversial thing to analyze. The only truly "secure" operating systems are those that...

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Left click to select the file, then just press the delete key. It is true that this doesn't remove the file from the hard drive,...

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operating system is just a base for all purpuses. for example if you are a writer you need an operaating system for a...

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An operating system has two primary functions. Firstly it is a benevolent dictator which dictates to application programs what...

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The switch causes the CPU to start back at the beginning of its instructions as if it had just been turned on. This can take it...

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With a network that has less than 10 computers, you really dont need a server. Installing network operatins systems is the same...

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Multiprogramming is a technique used to utilize maximum CPU time by running multiple programs simultanously. The execution begins...

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The collection of software that directs a computer's operations, controlling and scheduling the execution of other programs, and...

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- A RTOS(Real-Time Operating System) has to be multi-tasking and pre-emptible - task priority has to exist - Behaviour of OS...

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FreeBSD, available for free download from http://www.freebsd.org/. FreeBSD powers a number of commercial web and mail hosting...

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First off, books have been written on this topic, so don't look for any of them. Now, are you buying for a home system, are you...

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wonderful journey by richard marx and donna lewis my wish by rascal flatts whenever you remember by carrie underwood this is...

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RTOS(Real Time Operating System) can execute multiple programs concurrently. At any time there may be tens of programs...

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An operating system is the framework that allows you to communicate with computer hardware in an interactive way. Without this,...

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Yes, you will just have to choose at startup which system you will use.

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Different operating systems have differing features, though they all have the primary function of controlling the software and...

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You can't use your operating system anymore. Just like any other software when it expires. It's unusable.

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MULTIPROGRAMING .................. The term multiprograming denotes an operating system that,in addtion to supporting...

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Multiuser refers to having more than 1 person able to log into the computer and each person have their own settings (bookmark,...

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Open-source means that you can get the source code of the software for free (source code is the code of the program written in a...

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Distributed operating system is nothing but the collection of computers which are interconnected and that appears to the user as...

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Windows Mac OS X Linux FreeBSD NetBSD OpenBSD MS-DOS FreeDOS AmigaOS BeOS MorphOS QNX OS4000 VxWorks ReactOS DR-DOS Solaris TOS...

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Processes run in the background and provide a common language that allows the operating system to interface with the installed...

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An operating system (OS) is software that controls the internals of a computer. The first large computers did not have operating...

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I think a distributed operating system is one where all of computers that are connected can share in tasks that need to be done....

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It depends on what operating system you are using, but if its windows XP or windows 2000 do this process: Start menu --> Run ...

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RTOS has deterministic time behavior or u can say it has timing constraint over application.

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Well, there are several reasons why it wouldn't boot to the OS. You could not have enough RAM to support the OS. If the CPU is...

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Relational Database is collection of interrelated data managed with their relations. Database holds both the structure (schema)...

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An early example of a large-scale real-time operating system was Transaction Processing Facility developed by American Airlines...

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Yes. Older OSes such as DOS in FAT16 filesystems can only support three-lettered extensions, which was commonly referred to as...

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Go to your Control Panel (it is under the Start menu). Go to add/remove programs and scroll down to the program you want to...

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Paging is a virtual memory scheme which is transparent to the program at the application level and which divides memory into...

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The operating system of most computers does not contain the BIOS. The BIOS is stored in a chip on your motherboard.

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If the computer will be dedicated to a specific purpose, do some looking around for the best software to achieve that goal, then...

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There are many different types, but three typically hover at the top of the list: Windows, Mac OS and Linux. Both Windows and...

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If there is no OS, you can't boot your PC, and therefore, can't do anything but access BIOS until you install an OS. You can do...

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In a journaling file system -- such as ext3 or NTFS -- changes are written to a separate log - the journal - before being...

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A network Operating System is that which operates between a group of connected systems and run one operating system which is...

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Distributed computing is decentralised and parallel computing, using two or more computers communicating over a network to...

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Sounds like a homework assignment to me... I don't usually do people's homework for them but if I were being asked the above...

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I dont think it is OS-dependant as much as language-dependant. In other words, I dont think there is much of a difference between...

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Network Operating system or NOS is an OS that allows a system to connect to a network. Such as Novell and Artisoft's LANtastic. ...

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we can use cross cable or bluetooth and also we can send data via mails Among other methods, you can burn the files to a CD....

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Several operating systems are capable of functioning in a distributed manner, including Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, and Mac OS X.

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difference between layered and kernel base approach in os structure

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OS stands for Operating System.

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Windows, of course! Microsoft, to be more precise. Musn't forget the pre-Windows years....

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Until FAQ Farm became a division of Answers.com in November 2006 it was published by Interesting.com, Inc. Interesting.com is the...

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Not if the hard drive is a single partition. If your hard drive is shown as a single drive letter, usually C, then it's a single...

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I believe buffering is a technique used for sound and other files that will slowly upload bits so that applications have...

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It all depends on what you do with your computer, but most likely not, the emulation software to run a Mac os on a pc computer...

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There are many open-source operating systems. They include: Systems based on the Linux kernel (Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL, Fedora)...

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1) Distributed Operating systems are also referred to as Loosely Coupled systems whereas parallel processin g systems are...

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Example: Solaris OS on the Spark platform. This is the difference.

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TO INCREASE SHEAR STRENGTH OF THE SOIL

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Microkernel I Smaller Than A Nanokernel

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Compatibility Testing

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Date received - date completed -1 (common to allow 1 day for items to be inventoried) = TAT..Normally calculated in excel for us...

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Cell phones are actually small computers, and Symbian Mobile OS is the software that boots some cellphones such as many made by...

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It really depends on the version of the operating system, the version of the GUI (in those cases where the two are separate), and...

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Bootstrap is a process to initialise any hardware components in a device. In the case of a computer it initialises all the...

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you cant

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macro-kernel based operating systems like windows and linux device drivers are part of kernel ..to interact with kernel need...

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Distributed and network operating systems, those designed to provide common control for a set of computers communicating through...

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i don't know..

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Multiprogramming makes effifcient use of the CPU by overlapping the demands for the CPU and its I/O devices from various users....

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sometimes, but not while driving

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Do you mean you want to restore an OS which was overwritten by another? You can't. Once all of the important files have been...

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Who did your homework for you last time?

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Multitasking OS can run multiple processes at the same time in short periods called a time slice for each process. Miltiuser OS...

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Freeware is software that is licensed to you without charge, and a freeware OS would be the software for an OS licensed to you...

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It sounds as though you have operating systems on seperate partitions of the same hard drive. This can happen when an internal...

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Network OS is used to manage Networked computer systems and create,maintain and transfer files in that Network. Distributed OS...

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Micro operation is the level 2 operation, it is excute directly from hardware. Mainly used in provide macro instruction. Macro...

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The ability of an operating system to execute different parts of a program, called threads, simultaneously. The programmer must...

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The most common Operating System is Microsoft Windows XP and then it is Linux Ans#2: Yes, most common is Windows, which you'll...

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In computer science, especially parallel computing, synchronization means the coordination of simultaneous threads or processes...

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For professional expertise, can work flxeibly in different environments. It pays to be able to use multiple OS. It all depends...

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Strength of operating system lies in its capable of handling different software’s, hardware Configuration used for that OS, for...

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More than one user can use the mainframe at once.

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Most of them can. Though usually your breaking a warranty, and you will also find that its more of a "hack", as in, there is no...

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A kernel thread, sometimes called a LWP (Lightweight Process) is created and scheduled by the kernel. Kernel threads are often...

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The computer motherboard has a BIOS (Basic In-Out System). When the power is turned on, the BIOS check the basic system, beeps if...

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Yes. Windows-Linux, Windows-Mac, Mac-Linux all are possible.

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The type of operating system to use depends also on the amount of memory in the computer. These older computers usually feature...

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a catholic high school that rocks!

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What major versions of NetWare are still in use?

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