Resource Management
'Core' is the colloquial name for this part of your CPU.
ALU
Limiting this resource will affect how many tasks a system can cope with simultaneously.
Cores/ALU
An advantage of a dedicated OS
Example: Banks would require a dedicated OS to prevent cyber-attacks on financial transactions.Security
Controls peripheral devices connected to the computer
Device configuration
A method by which work is assigned to resources that complete the work.
Scheduling
Measurement of number of pixels in height x width of display
Screen resolution
Limiting this resource means data will take a longer time to move between two points.
Bandwidth
The ability to modify the OS specific to the computing systems needs/demands.
Transfers files between main memory and secondary storage, manages file folders, and provides file protection and recovery.
File management
Specify what is to be done while the mechanism specifies how it is to be done.
Policies
Does complex graphic processing (like 3D rendering)
GPU
Limiting this resource will cause the CPU to render graphics along with its other tasks.
GPU
One disadvantage of producing a dedicated OS rather than using an existing OS.
Cost
Allocates the use of RAM to requesting processes.
Memory management
In an OS, allows a user to perform more than one computer task at a time.
Multitasking
Contains the instruction/data the CPU is likely to request next from RAM - it massively speeds up processing as the CPU does not have to wait for instructions to arrive from RAM.
Cache
Limiting this resource will lead to a 'sluggish' system for the user. The CPU will have to wait for instructions/data to be fetched from RAM.
Cache
An example of this concept:
Hard disks, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, and USB keys are all very different media, but in many OS's, they appear the same to the user.
Abstraction
Provides the user with the ability to interact with the computing system. Command line and graphical
Interface platform
A feature of an OS that allows a computer to compensate for shortages of physical memory by temporarily transferring pages of data from RAM to disk storage.
Virtual memory
Measurement of how much data can be sent at same time in a certain time frame (latency)
Bandwidth
Limiting this resource will cause a computer system to crash (more than one correct answer).
Thermal Capacity
Secondary Storage
Power Capacity
Polling
A signal to the processor emitted by hardware or software indicating an event that needs immediate attention.
Interrupt
In the context of virtual memory, the process of retrieving the data that was moved temporarily to disk storage.
Paging