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Operating systems
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- 1What is an operating system?An operating system is the core software that allows a computer to run as an useful device.
- 2What would happen to a computer without a operating software?A computer would be just a collection of components heating up the room as no-one would be able to make any practical use of the machine.
- 3Name an operating serviceWindows
- 4What is a single user?It only has to deal with one person at a time, running one user application at a time.
- 5What features is there of a network operating system?Deal with users logging on and maintain the network connection to server(s)
- 6Whats real-time processing?Its usually found in systems which use computer control?
- 7What is batch processing?Its usually fully automatic unlike 'real-time' or transaction processing which are interactive.
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- Flashcards on Operating systems, created by hannahreece4 on 26/03/2015.
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