BTM 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Network Operating System, Application Software, Real-Time Operating System
26 Dec 2020
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Os does 3 things: utilities, file management systems and management of application systems. Software you use to do everyday tasks at home and at work. Set of programs that helps run the computer and coordinates instructions between application software and the computer"s hardware devices. From turning on computer to shutting it down, you"re interacting with system software. Consists of: operating system and utility programs. Linux (open source: group of programs that controls how your computer functions, 3 primary functions. Manages the computer"s hardware: processor (cpu, memory. Provides consistent interaction between application software and cpu. Responsible for the management, scheduling, and coordination of tasks: multitask: perform more than one process at a time. Today, windows and os x provide networking abilities and are multiuser, multitasking operating systems (opposed to single-user, single task os from back in the days: platform. Application software is platform specific (microsoft office for. Utility programs: perform computer housekeeping tasks.
