General Operating Systems
Many operating systems have a ____ version and a _____ version.
What are client and server?
The major file system types.
What are NTFS, FAT32, exFAT, APFS, and ext3/4?
In the event of a problem, sectors are marked as bad and data gets relocated for data recovery purposes.
What is journaling?
The four stages of the vendor lifecycle.
What are public beta, supported, extended support, and end of life phases?
An edition designed for home/SOHO use that cannot join a domain. Hardware support is limited to a single CPU w/ up to 64 cores and up to 128Gb of RAM.
What is Windows Home Edition?
The four mainstream types of Operating Systems.
What are Business Client, Network Operating System, Home Client, and Cell Phone?
Window's proprietary file system.
What is NTFS?
Feature allowing users to easily revert changes and assists with backups. Utilizes the Volume Shadow Copy Service.
What are snapshots?
A phase designed to gather user information on a product.
What is a public beta?
The Windows edition designed for small/medium sized business use that grants network administrators more control over the device. Supports up to 128 CPU cores and up to 2TB of RAM.
What is Windows Pro Edition?
The oldest mainstream operating system. It is the ancestor of several other mainstream operating systems.
What is Unix?
Apple's proprietary file system used in macOS and iPadOS.
What is APFS?
Feature simulating case sensitivity to ensure compatibility with Linux/Unix applications.
What is POSIX compliance?
The phase where a product is actively being marketed and will received regular feature updates and security patches.
What is the support phase?
The Windows Edition very similar to Enterprise, but optimized for use in an educational institution.
What is Windows Education Edition?
An open source operating system designed by Linus Torvalds that is extremely popular for servers - particularly web servers.
What is Linux?
A file system compatible with all major file system types, but has a max file size of 4Gbs and a max volume size of 32Gbs.
What is FAT32?
Feature that creates a numerical catalog of file and folder locations to speed up the time to search for a file.
What is Indexing?
The phase where a product is no longer commercially available, but the vendor continues to issue security patches.
What is extended support phase?
The Windows Edition designed for medium/large corporations that utilizes advanced features like DirectAccess VPNs. Supports multiple CPUs w/ up to 256 cores and up to 6TB of RAM.
What is Windows Enterprise Edition?
An operating system based on Chromium designed to run on budget hardware.
What is Chrome OS?
An extremely stable file system that is a favorite for servers. Allows for files up to 16Tb and file systems as large as 1 Exabyte.
What is ext4?
A disk management feature allowing multiple physical disks to be combined into one larger volume that uses a single drive letter.
What are Dynamic Disks?
The phase where a device no longer receives security updates and has no vendor support.
What is the End of Life phase?
The Edition that offers the same features as Pro, but with enhanced hardware support tailored towards engineers, data scientists, CAD designers, and media editors. Allows up to 4 CPUs w/ up to 256 cores and up to 6TB of RAM.
What is Windows Pro for Workstations Edition?