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.
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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
 
1.           Unixand Unix-like operating system
2.            Macintosh
                  Linux and GNU
         MicrosoftWindows
        ubuntu
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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