COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
OPERATING SYSTEM
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Allows many users to use a computer system and its resources at the same time
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Allows only one user to use a computer system and its resources at the same time
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Does not allow many users to use a computer system and its resources at the same time
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Allows only 5 users to use a computer system and its resources at the same time
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Detailed explanation-1: -A multi-user operating system allows the permission of multiple users for accessing a single machine at a time. The various personal computers can send and receive information to the mainframe computer system. Thus, the mainframe computer acts as the server and other personal computers act as clients for that server.
Detailed explanation-2: -Multi-user operating system is a computer operating system(OS) that allows multiple users on different computers or terminals to access a single system with one OS on it. Examples of multi-user operating system are : Linux, Ubuntu, Unix, Mac OS X, Windows 1010 etc. Was this answer helpful?
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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". “Terminal client” is a software that supports user sessions. Examples include UNIX, MVS, etc.