CIS 1200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Graphical User Interface, Network Operating System, Paging

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Computing and Information Science
• Course: CIS 1200
• Professor: John Saville

Document Summary

Chapter five of technology in action: using system software. Operating system (os): a group of programs that controls how your computer system functions. Utility program: a small program that performs many of the general house-keeping tasks for the computer. Microsoft disk operating system (ms-dos): the first widely installed operating system in personal computers. Real-time operating system (rtos): require minimal user interaction: machinery that is required to perform a repetitive series of specific tasks in an exact amount of time requires a rtos. Multiuser operator system/network operating system: enables more than one user to access the computer system at one time by efficiently handling and prioritizing request from multiple users. Server: the computer on a network that manages network resources such as printers. Unix: a multiuser, multitask operating system used as a network operating system, primarily with mainframes, although it is also often found on pcs. Mainframe: responsible for storing, managing, and simultaneously processing data from all users.