COMPUTER SOFTWARE
SYSTEM SOFTWARE
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Linux
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UNIX
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Microsoft Windows
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Macintosh OS
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Detailed explanation-1: -Unix–trademarked as UNIX–is a multiuser, multitasking operating system (OS) designed for flexibility and adaptability. Originally developed in the 1970s, Unix was one of the first OSes to be written in the C programming language.
Detailed explanation-2: -For the first time in 1970, the Unix operating system was officially named and ran on the PDP-11. A text-formatting program called roff and a text editor were added. All three were written in PDP-11 assembly language.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first OS was developed in the mid 1950s by General Motors for IBM 701. It was called GMOS. Operating systems enabled computers to process multiple programs at the same time and reduce idle time. Multiple lines of code need to be written for developing an OS.
Detailed explanation-4: -UNIX came way first. It was developed back in 1969 by AT&T employees working at Bell Labs. Linux came about in either 1983 or 1984 or 1991, depending upon who’s holding the knife.