OPERATING SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTERS
COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS
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single user operating system
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hand held operating system
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desktop operating system
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multi-user operating system
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -A Single-User Operating System is a system in which only one user can access the computer system at a time. A Multi-User Operating System is a system that allows more than one user to access a computer system at one time. The bootloader loads all the resources of the CPU in the profile of a single superuser.
Detailed explanation-3: -Multitasking has the same meaning of multiprogramming but in a more general sense, as it refers to having multiple (programs, processes, tasks, threads) running at the same time. This term is used in modern operating systems when multiple tasks share a common processing resource (e.g., CPU and Memory).
Detailed explanation-4: -Microsoft’s Windows and Apple’s macOS platforms are both examples of operating systems that lets a single user have several applications in operation at the same time.