Operating System

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  • What i have learn today
    • What does an OS do?
      • Transfers data between memory locations and the cpu
      • Produces something you can see on your moniter
      • Controls input and output devieces
      • Lets applications and programs run
    • GUI (Graphical user interface)
      • Pointer: The symbol that tells you where your mouse is. You can move objects and select commands
      • Icons: Small legos that represent programs
      • Desktop: Where all the icons are and where the user can interact with the computer
      • Menus: Lets you run commands by selecting choices from a menu
      • Windows:
    • CLI
      • Requires commands to be typed on the keyboards
      • Commands are shortened using short sequences of words and abbreviations
      • Less user friendly because the user needs to learn the commands
    • Multiple-users and multi-tasking
      • Multi-Tasking
        • Computers have improved overtime and can now do more than one process at a time
        • Users often run programs simultaneously e.g.have Skype open waiting for a call, have spottily on listening to some music and a word documents over the top of them two. This is known as multitasking
      • Multi-User
        • Most operating systems nowadays allow multiple users to be able to use them
        • A multi-user operating system allows several people to use the same computer, without have to reboot the computer
    • Security
      • Must make sure one user can't access another files
      • It does this by dividing memory into sections and keeps log of which user process are using each page to prevent conflicts
      • Some files are stored centrally so everyone who has a account on that operating system can access them
    • Main operating systems available
      • Computer
        • Windows
        • Apple iOS
      • Tablet
        • Google android
        • Mac 0s10

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