OPERATING SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTERS
COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS
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multi-user
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single-user
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multi-tasking
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real-time
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Detailed explanation-1: -The ability of an operating system to run more than one application at a time is called multitasking. A multitasking operating system (also called multiprocessing operating system) supports two or more active processes simultaneously.
Detailed explanation-2: -multithreading: Allows different parts of a single program to run concurrently. real time: Responds to input instantly.
Detailed explanation-3: -A context switching is a process that involves switching of the CPU from one process or task to another. In this phenomenon, the execution of the process that is present in the running state is suspended by the kernel and another process that is present in the ready state is executed by the CPU.
Detailed explanation-4: -Swapping is moving data between physical memory(RAM) and secondary memory. In computing, virtual memory is a management technique that combines a computer’s hard disk space with its random access memory (RAM) to create a larger virtual address space.