D386 Hardware And Operating System Essentials

D386 HARDWARE AND OPERATING
SYSTEM ESSENTIALS


Operatingposystempo-poans--systemposoftwarepothatpoactspoaspoapo"go-
between",poallowingpocomputerpohardwarepoandpootherposoftwarepotopocommunicatepowit
hpoeachpoother

resourcepomanagerpo-poans--
whatpoispothepopurposepoofpoapocomputerpooperatingposystem?

OperatingpoSystempo(OS)po-poans--
WhatpokindpoofposoftwarepoarepothepoMacpoOSpoXpoandpoWindowspo10poprogram?

Androidpo-poans--Whatpooperatingposystempoispoopen-
sourcedpoandpoallowspoitsposourcepocodepotopobepomodifiedpoandporedistributed?

Cloudpobasedpooperatingposystemspo-poans--
Whatpoprimarilypomanagespothepooperatingpoofpoonepoorpomorepovirtualpomachinespowithi
npoapovirtualizedpoenvironment?

primarilypostatelesspo-poans--Whatpoispoapofeaturepoofpocloud-
basedpooperatingposystems?

Systempocallspo-poans--
uniqueposetpoofposervicespoprovidedpobypooperatingposystemspoforpousepobypoapplications
poandpohavepotopobepoaccountedpoforpobypodifferentpooperatingposystems.


ApplicationpoProgrammingpoInterfacepo(API)po-poans--
Aposetpoofposoftwareporoutinespothatpoallowspooneposoftwareposystempotopoworkpowithpoan
other.

Uniqueposystempocallspo-poans--
Whypodopoapplicationspodesignedpotopoworkpoonpoonepooperatingposystemponotpoworkpoo
npoapodifferentpooperatingposystem?

single-userposystemspo-poans--
multitaskingposystems,pofoundpoinpolaptopspoandpoworkstations

, MobilepoDevicepoOperatingpoSystemspo-poans--providesposingle-
userpoandpomultitaskingpoatpoaposcaledpodownpolevelpoduepotopopowerpoandpomemorypoli
mitations

MainframepoSystemspo-poans--
large,pofast,poandpopowerful,pousedpoforpohighpotransactionpoprocessingpoandpocomplexpo
computations;pousedpobypocorporationspoandpogovernmentpoagencies

networkposerverposystemspo-poans--
designedpoandponamedpoforpoapospecificpopurposeposuchpoaspodatabaseposervers,powebp
oservers,poandpoprintposervers


real-timeposystemspo-poans--
designedpotopodirectpoCPUpoaccesspoimmediatelypowhenponeededpoorporequired

embeddedpocontrolposystemspo-poans--
specializedpooperatingposystemspodesignedpotopocontrolpoasinglepopiecepoofpoequipmentp
oorpomachinery


distributedposystemspo-poans--
gearedpotowardpoallocatingpoprocesspopower,poprograms,pofiles,poandpodatabasespotopon
etworkpousers.

ApplicationpoSoftwarepo-poans--
softwarepoprogrampothatpohelpspoyoupousepothepocomputerpotopodopoparticularpotasks

Driverspo-poans--
instructspoapoparticularpoOSpoonpohowpotopoaccesspoapopiecepoofpohardware

versionpo-poans--
particularporevisionpoofpoapopiecepoofposoftware,ponormallypodescribedpobypoaponumberpot
hatpotellspoyoupohowponewpothepoproductpoispoinporelationpotopootherpoversionspoofpothepop
roduct

sourcepocodepo-poans--actualpocodepothatpodefinespohowpoapopiecepoofposoftwarepoworks

openposourcepo-poans--softwarepothatpoispocreatedpoforpofreepousepobypoeveryone

closedposourcepo-poans--
sourcepocodepothatpoispohighlypoprotectedpoandpoonlypoavailablepotopotrustedpoemployees
poandpocarefullypovettedpocontractors


GraphicalpoUserpoInterfacepo(GUI)po-poans--
Apovisualpodisplaypoonpoapocomputer'sposcreenpothatpoallowspoyoupotopointeractpowithpoyo
urpocomputerpomorepoeasilypobypoclickingpographicalpoelements