Presentation on computer operating systemPresentation on computer operating system

Presented by:Mihir .G. RoatF.Y. B.C.A

Flow of contents Introduction to computer operating system

Types of computer operating system

Functions of computer operating system

Conclusion

Introduction to computer operating system An operating system is a program designed to run

other programs on a computer

A computer’s operating system is its most important program

It is considered the backbone of a computer, managing both software and hardware resources

Introduction to computer operating system(cont’d) An operating system, or OS, is a software program

that enables the computer hardware to communicate and operate with the computer software

Without a computer operating system, a computer would be useless

Types of computer operating systems Below is a basic list of the different types of

operating systems and a few examples of operating systems that fall into each of the categories

GUI - Short for Graphical User Interface, a GUI Operating System contains graphics and icons and is commonly navigated by using a computer mouse

Below are some examples of GUI Operating Systems

System 7.x,Windows 98,Windows CE

Types of computer operating system Multi-user - A multi-user operating system

allows for multiple users to use the same computer at the same time and/or different times

Below are some examples of multi-user operating systems.

Linux , Unix , Windows 2000

Types of computer operating system Multiprocessing - An operating system capable

of supporting and utilizing more than one computer processes

Below are some examples of multiprocessing operating systems

Linux , Unix , Windows 2000

Types of computer operating system Multitasking - An operating system that is

capable of allowing multiple software processes to run at the same time

Below are some examples of multitasking operating systems

Unix , Windows 2000

There are more then 58 operating pre

List of operating systemsOperating systems

Date of released

platform developer

Windows XP Professional

April 24,2005 IBM / PC Microsoft

Ubuntu - - -

Macintosh OSX June 9, 2008 Apple Macintosh Apple

Microsoft Vista January 30, 2007 IBM / PC Microsoft

Fedora May 21 2010 various Red Hat

Mac OS X Leopard October 26, 2007 Apple Macintosh Apple

Microsoft Windows 1.0 November 20,1985

Xandros Linux - - -

Unix March 11,1971 Various Unisys

Microsoft Windows 3.1 April, 1992 IBM / PC Microsoft

Operating systems

Sources Data referred from pc book The following are the web site for

information on computer viruses Isoftwarereviews.com Images from google.com eHow.com

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