OS Basics
What OS stands for
What is Operating System?
The creator of the Windows OS
Who is Microsoft?
The creator of the Mac OS
Who is Apple?
What is a Version
A particular revision of a piece of software.
Anyone can modify the code in the community is known as
What is Open Source?
2 Most popular OS for Computers
What is Windows and Mac OS?
Apps and files are opened in this
What are Windows?
The name of app icon with a face
What is the finder?
What does GUI stand for?
Graphical User Interface
The least popular OS
What is Linux?
2 most popular OS for cell phones
What is Android and IOS?
Windows has always been developed in-house by Microsoft and it is this type of software to where only they can modify it.
closed-source
What animal did Mac use to name their operating systems?
What are Large Cats!
What does a 32-bit OS mean?
It can run 32-bit processors and FULLY utilize its capabilities
Linux is immensely popular on these devices.
What are servers and Internet devices
The names of the voice controlled assistants used by Windows and Mac OS
What is Cortana and Siri?
Windows NT was developed for server-based OS. It is what the NT stands for.
What is New Technology
When Mac OS freezes you see this
What is spinning pinwheel or pinwheel of death?
It is a multitasking method in which the OS allots each application a certain amount of processor time.
Preemptive Multitasking
It runs on Netbooks that require little resources and a network connection?
What is Chrome OS?
A _________ is an extremely specific application written for the purpose of instructing a particular OS on how to access a piece of hardware
What is a driver
He is known as the founder of Microsoft
Who is Bill Gates?
"Mac OS X" is what version of their OS?
What is the 10th version.
What is the Kernel of an OS?
The central part of the operating system that controls all actions of the OS.
There are currently more than 350 current and well-know distributions of this type of OS.
What is Linux