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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Windows Server and UNIX are examples of which type of operating system?
A
Single user operating systems.
B
Multi user operating systems.
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Unix is a multi-user operating system which allows more than one person to use the computer resources at a time. It was originally designed as a time-sharing system to serve several users simultaneous.

Detailed explanation-3: -Windows 10 pro is a multi-user operating system, but there are many limitations for remote desktop services 1. You can remotely connect via RDP only to higher Windows editions (Professional and Enterprise). In Windows Home and Single Language editions the incoming remote desktop connections are forbidden.

Detailed explanation-4: -Multi-user operating system is of three types-time-sharing operating system, distributed operating system, and multiprocessor system. MS-DOS is an example of a single-user operating system. Linux, Unix, Ubuntu, and Windows are examples of multi-user operating system.

Detailed explanation-5: -Some examples of a multi-user OS are Unix, Ubuntu, MacOS, Windows and all Linux based OS. Multi-user operating systems were originally used for time-sharing and batch processing on mainframe computers.

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