Development of Operating Systems
Title: Development of Operating Systems
Category: /Science & Technology
Details: Words: 1765 | Pages: 6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Development of Operating Systems
Category: /Science & Technology
Details: Words: 1765 | Pages: 6 (approximately 235 words/page)
An operating system is the program that manages all the application programs in a computer system. This also includes managing the input and output devices, and assigning system resources.
Operating systems evolved as the solution to the problems that were evident in early computer systems, and coincide with the changing computer systems. Three cycles are clear in the evolution of computers, the mainframe computers, minicomputers and microcomputers, and each of these stages influenced the development
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area network. This was only the one stage in the vast evolution of the worlds most popular operating system, with the most recent being Windows NT and Windows 98, the latter being a fully Internet integrated operating system. Windows, however is not the only operating system in use today. Other's such as UNIX, Apple Operating System and OS/Warp have also had an impact, each new version more advanced, and more user friendly then the last.