Acts as a manager for a computer system, manages computer hardware and software resources.
What is an operating system?
Distinguished by the response time and how data is entered into the system
What are types of OS?
APPLE iOS
What is an example of single user- single task?
Type of operating system most people use on their desktop and laptop computers today
What is single user-multi task OS?
computers in cars, ATMs, digital cameras, GPS, elevators, and ETC.
What are examples of an embedded OS?
The main objective of real-time operating systems is their quick and predictable response to events
What is a real time OS?
The ability to allocate tasks between more than one processor
What is multi processing?
Is a very compact computer that is part of a different kind of machine.
What is an embedded OS?
Allows more than one program to run concurrently.
Allows many different users to take advantage of the computer's resources simultaneously
What is multi-user?
Designed with a single user in mind but can deal with many applications running at the same time
Single user-multi task
Time Sharing system and Internet servers as the multiuser systems
What is multi user?
the ability of a system to support more than one processor
What is multi processing?
What are the 6 operating systems?
Single user single task, single user multi task, multi task, multi user, multi processing, real time, embedded
Microsoft's Windows and Apple's Mac OS platforms
What are examples of single user multi task OS?