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
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