2. What’s a Operating System?
An operating system is a (software) program that starts when you
turn on the computer and is responsible for managing all the
resources of the computer system, both hardware (physical parts,
hard drive, screen, keyboard, etc.) and software (programs and
instructions) allowing communication between the user and the
computer.
3. What is the main function of a
Operating System?
Its main function is the give us the necessary tools to be able to control
our computer and be able to make use of it.
The basic functions of the operating system are to manage the
resources of the machine, coordinate the hardware and organize files
and folders on storage devices.
An operating system performs five basic functions in the operation of a
computer system:
4. User Interfaces:
The part of the operating system to communicate with him, so that
you can load programs, access files and perform other tasks.
Resource Management:
Used to manage hardware resources and networks of a computer
system, such as CPU, memory, secondary storage devices and
peripherals for input and output.
5. File management:
An information system contains file management programs that
control the creation, deletion and access of data files and programs.
Task Management:
The task management programs of an operating system manage the
computing tasks of end users.
Support Services:
These services usually consist Support: Version update
6.
7. Windows is a windows based operating system. The
first version was launched in 1990 and began to be
widely used thanks to its graphical user interface
(GUI, Graphical User Interface). Until then, the most
widely used operating system was MS-DOS
(Microsoft Disk Operating System), and the interface
consisted of a command line.
8. This is a very good operating system widely used by
people who work with networks as well as servers.
There are people who claim that Linux servers
created are more stable than Windows-created. But
they are just opinions of people, maybe rent to had
very good experience with Windows and some with
Linux but anyway.
9. Is a series of Unix-based operating
systems, developed, marketed and sold
by Apple Inc. which has been included in
their range of Macintosh computers
10. Is an operating system based on Linux, designed
primarily for touch screen mobile devices such as
smartphones or tablets initially developed by Android
Inc., which Google supported financially and later
bought in 2005, Android was introduced in 2007 with
the founding of the Open Handset Alliance: a
consortium of hardware, software and
telecommunications to advance open standards for
mobile devices. The first phone with Android
operating system was the HTC Dream and was sold in
October 2008.
