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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Multi user operating systems are
A
Operating systems where you can make more than one account.
B
Operating systems where you can allow several users to login at the same time (e.g. a server).
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A multi-user operating system allows the permission of multiple users for accessing a single machine at a time. The various personal computers can send and receive information to the mainframe computer system. Thus, the mainframe computer acts as the server and other personal computers act as clients for that server.

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: -Multiuser/Multitasking OS It is an operating system that permits several users to utilize the programs that are concurrently running on a single network server. The single network server is termed as “Terminal server". “Terminal client” is a software that supports user sessions. Examples include UNIX, MVS, etc.

Detailed explanation-4: -A multi-user operating system allows multiple users to access a computer system at the same time.

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