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- Operating System Functions and Services501
- Types and History of Operating Systems106
- Operating System Structure and Booting55
- System Software and Utilities59
- User Interfaces37
- Processes, Threads and Communication53
- CPU Scheduling29
- Process Synchronization and Deadlocks26
- Memory Management63
- File Management and File Systems102
- Disk and Mass Storage6
- Device Management and Drivers10
- Linux and Unix16
- Windows Configuration and Administration36
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9 cardsScheduling What is a process?
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30 cards2A-E Closed source OS with Common Desktop Environment (CDE) gui
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20 cardsOperating system, software, application and utility. What is Memory Management?
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5 cardsoperating systems booting the computer.
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15 cardsUntitled Types of software: Two main types Application Software Systems Software (Operating Systems)
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5 cardsOS booting the computer
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9 cardsSOFTWARE OPERATING SYSTEMS Software that manages a computer’s hardware and provides a user interface.
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12 cardsUntitled What are the five functions of an operating system?
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22 cardsFlash Cards key words book chapter 7,8,9
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9 cardsUntitled What is the Kernel?
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16 cardsLecture 2: UNIX Filestore 3 Examples of File Extentions
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23 cardsLecture 8 Manage discs and disaster recovery What is a partition ?
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5 cardsOperating Systems What is meant by the phrase booting your computer
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18 cardsChapter 5 Why do we need to know which file system your flash-drive/hard drive is using?
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7 cardsSystems Software sample questions Appraise the role and the impact of cloud-based service infrastructures on systems software.
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11 cardsSection 2 Chapter 7
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12 cardsUntitled If a system is not in a safe state, will it deadlock?
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9 cardsOperating systems 4.6 Communication with hardware
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5 cards1.7
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9 cardsUntitled
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15 cardsSCC 211 - Going Deeper Problem with external fragmentation?
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22 cardsComputer Operating System what does system software do?
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10 cardsInterrupts When are interrupts used?
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10 cardsBIOS when the computer boots, what is RAM like
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5 cardsUntitled What is the purpose of base and limit registers?
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5 cardsUntitled Booting The Computer
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11 cardsUnit 3 What is Operating System?
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8 cardsChapter 2 Review Questions What are three objectives of an OS design?
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12 cardsSoftware Define the OS.
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10 cardsVirtual Memory + Parallell What does VM do?
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14 cardsfile management what is a file extension
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7 cardsChapter 4 Review Questions Table 3.5 lists typical elements found in a process control block for an unthreaded OS. Of theses, which wo...
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6 cardstransfering data flash cards What does upload mean
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12 cardsChapter 2 - The kernel Abstraction
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19 cardsMUOS Flash cards What context is switching used in?
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5 cardsoperating system Booting the computer
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7 cardsSoftware Explain the purpose of the user interface software
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5 cardsOperating Systems Booting a Computer
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12 cardsUntitled What is an Operating System?
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13 cardsChapter 5 Review Questions List four design issues for which the concept of concurrency is relevant.