OPERATING SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTERS
COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS
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Servers
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Palm OS
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Supercomputers
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Windows 7
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Mainframes
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Detailed explanation-1: -Several devices, like printers, fax machines, plotters, and hard drives, can be shared in a multi-user operating system.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -There are many operating systems that are available however the three most common operating systems are Microsoft’s Windows, Apple’s macOS and Linux.
Detailed explanation-4: -In addition to z/OS, four other operating systems dominate mainframe usage: z/VM, z/VSE™, Linux for System z®, and z/TPF. z/OS, a widely used mainframe operating system, is designed to offer a stable, secure, and continuously available environment for applications running on the mainframe.