FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

OPERATING SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTERS

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

A company has 20 employees each of whom have a personal computer. Each employee needs to be able to run several programs at any given time. Which type of operating system would work best?

A	Single-user, single task operating system
B	Single-user, multi-task operating system
C	Multi-user operating system
D	Unix operating system

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is UNIX. A multi-user operating system facilitates multiple users to work on a single computer system.

Detailed explanation-2: -A single task operating system can only run one program or application at a time. So it is not as useful for a computer or other device intended to run multiple programs at once. This is where a multitasking single-user operating system is used instead.

Detailed explanation-3: -In a multiuser operating system, multiple numbers of users can access different resources of a computer at the same time. The access is provided using a network that consists of various personal computers attached to a mainframe computer system.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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