An operating
system (OS) is software that manages computer hardware and software resource
and provides user with common service for computer programs. The operating
system is an essential component of the system software in a computer system.
TYPES OF OPERATING SYSTEM.
1.
Real-time
e.g ATM, Microwave, Mobile phone account balance etc.
2.
Multi-user
3.
Multi-tasking
vs single-tasking
4.
Districuted
5.
Template
6.
Embedded
EXAMPLE OF OPERATING SYSTEM
2. Macintosh
6.
WINDOW APPLICATION
Windows application: is a program that
is written to run under the Microsoft
Windows operating system, also called a “Windows app.”
This is an
operating system that does not need the memorizing of commands. Its operations
are easy to carry out with little or no help from anybody: there are different
versions of window application namely: Windows 95, 200, Window xp, Vista,
Window 7 and the latest window is window 8.
All 32-bit
Windows Applications run in the 32-bit and 64-bit version of windows.
The concept of
study is for student to have the ability to explore their windows properly and
to have basic idea of operating system management.
The low-level
computer that support computer basic functions
Microsoft
windows originated in 1985 as operating environment running on top of MS-DOS,
which was the standard operating system shipped on most Intel architecture
personal computers at the time. In 1995, Windows 95 was released which only
used MS-DOS as a bootstrap for backwards compatibility.
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