CMPT 100 Lecture : CMPT 100 (02)
13 Jan 2012
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The way we give instructions to the compu. Like conductor of the orchestra->divides and conquers the jobs. Manages where the files are run, maintain the interface. >bill gates was asked to build an operating system when in fact he wasn t able but knew some friends down the line who could. Windows (98, nt, xp, me, 2000, vista, etc. ) >they are constantly making new programs-> requires ppl to adapt to the new program. >problem: having to make it accessible to the public by squeezing it into smaller and smaller boxes ex. mac compu->iphone. Operating system allow applications to run on top of it. In 1990 apple and macintosh worked together in order to make different types of computers compatible with each other. If u have diff levels of systems the operating systems are able to make the diff levels accessible to the diff compus.
