OPERATING SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTERS
COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS
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Stand-alone OS
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Server OS
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Mobile OS
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Detailed explanation-1: -The operating system on most mobile devices and many consumer electronics, called an embedded operating system, resides on a ROM chip. Popular embedded operating systems include; Windows Embedded CE, Windows Phone 7, Palm OS, iPhone OS, BlackBerry, Google Android, embedded Linux, and Symbian OS.
Detailed explanation-2: -An embedded OS may reside on a chip within an electronic device. They are often limited in the scope of what they can do. In contrast, a non-embedded OS runs from a hard disk or a solid-state drive. Non-embedded OSes, such as Windows 10 or Mac OS, are configurable and upgradable.
Detailed explanation-3: -The operating system is stored on the hard disk, but to speed up the whole process, the OS is copied into RAM on start-up. This is completed by BIOS (Basic Input Output System).
Detailed explanation-4: -Linux and Android are two powerful operating systems used in most of the embedded systems today.