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Operating Systems?
Operating systems software manages the hardware on your computer, and provides an interface between the user- or application software, and the computer hardware.
What are operating systems designed to do?
Operating systems are designed to manage computer hardware and software resources
Which operating system is responsible for interacting with hardware?
All operating systems interact with hardware.
Why do operating systems exist?
Applications require the common services provided by operating systems in order to interact with the hardware.
Do operating systems are used in calculators?
Operating systems are used in caculators. Operating systems act as a layer between applications and the hardware allowing for smooth operations between the two.
What are Hardware and software requirements for various operating systems?
The hardware requirements are what the Operating System designers have determined as the MINIMUM hardware to be able to run the Operating system. There are no minimum or suggested Software requirements for an operating system since the operating system IS the software.
How a operating system is related to computer hardware?
The operating system (OS) controls the hardware. A successful computer system will have hardware and an operating system. Application software is not required. All operating systems have a low level, or machine language to run the operation system and control all hardware.
Do different types of computers have different viruses?
Different Operating Systems get infected by different viruses. You can run different operating systems on the same hardware.
Types of distributed systems with reference to hardware softwareoprating systems and scalability?
this is the systems harddrive that makes the operating system work
What are some operating systems used in wireless technology?
software, networking and hardware
What is the difference between a proprietary operating system and the android operating system?
Proprietary operating systems are commercial operating systems designed to run on specific computer hardware for which they are licensed. Other operating systems such as Linux and OpenBSD are free and open source and can be used on any hardware on which someone can make it work. The Android operating system is a Google implementation of Linux designed to work on smart phones and tablets.
Special purpose systems in operating systems?
The special purpose of the operating system is to manage the computer hardware resources. The operating system also provides common services for the computer programs.
