COMPUTER SOFTWARE
SYSTEM SOFTWARE
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Multitasking operating system
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Multi-user operating system
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Single-user operating system
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File managing operating system
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Detailed explanation-1: -Multi-user operating system is of three types-time-sharing operating system, distributed operating system, and multiprocessor system. MS-DOS is an example of a single-user operating system. Linux, Unix, Ubuntu, and Windows are examples of multi-user operating system.
Detailed explanation-2: -A multi-user operating system (OS) is a computer system that allows multiple users that are on different computers to access a single system’s OS resources simultaneously, as shown in this figure appearing on your screen right now. Users on the system are connected through a network.
Detailed explanation-3: -Multi-user software is computer software that allows access by multiple users of a computer. Time-sharing systems are multi-user systems.
Detailed explanation-4: -multiaccess system A system allowing several users to make apparently simultaneous use of the computer. Each user has a terminal, typically a keyboard plus VDU display, and is connected via a multiplexer or front-end processor to the main system.
Detailed explanation-5: -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".