FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

Detailed explanation-1: -Microsoft Windows 2000, IBM’s OS/390, and Linux are examples of operating systems that can do multitasking (almost all of today’s operating systems can).

Detailed explanation-2: -Multi-user operating system is a computer operating system(OS) that allows multiple users on different computers or terminals to access a single system with one OS on it. Examples of multi-user operating system are : Linux, Ubuntu, Unix, Mac OS X, Windows 1010 etc.

Detailed explanation-3: -As a multitasking system, MS Windows allows more than one program to reside in memory and operate at any given time. Each program has its own window on the display screen.

Detailed explanation-4: -The process of having a computer perform multiple tasks simultaneously. During multitasking, tasks such as listening to music or browsing the Internet are performed in the background while using others in the foreground.

Detailed explanation-5: -Windows? Yes, we can say that Microsoft Windows is a single-user operating system. We can perform multi-tasking in the Windows operating system but the multitasking can be performed by a single user at a time. So, Microsoft Windows can be referred to as a single-user, multi-tasking operating system.