Operating system

OPERATING SYSTEM
Intermediary between the user and hardware.

PURPOSE OF OPERATING SYSTEM
To provide an environment in which a user can execute programs within which other programs can do useful work.

PRIMARY GOALS
to make the computer system convenient to use
to use the computer hardware in an efficient manner

SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS OF OPERATING SYSTEM
Job Sequencing
Job Control Language Interpretation (JCL)
Error Handling
Input/Output Handling
Interrupt Handling

SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS OF OPERATING SYSTEM
Scheduling
Resource Control
Protection
Multi-access

Common Operating Systems
MS-DOS
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows ME (Windows Millennium Edition)
Windows NT
Windows 2000
Windows XP

Common Operating Systems
Windows Vista
Windows CE PALM OS SYMBIAN
Apple Macintosh
Mac OS X
OS/2
UNIX
Linux

Non-graphical line-oriented
command-driven operating system.
Not user Friendly interface

Developed by Bell Labs to handle complex scientific applications.

A popular OS for business with complex system from IBM.

Multitasking OS that was the first graphical interface to achieve commercial success.

The tenth major version of Apple’s operating system for Macintosh computers.

It was released in early 2007 with higher requirement for memory and processor

An update of Windows 98

An upgrade to Windows 2000

Unix-like Operating System

An OS developed primarily for client-type networks

Operating system

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