Operating system

An operating system is software that makes it possible to operate a computer gain weight. The operating system manages the system`s physical resources such as loading and running programs, memory, the calculator user interface. Since in the early days of computer technology, operators were confronted with faulty work, wrote these programs to make your work easier. Their collected work gradually became Operating system (OS) summarized. In general, operating systems consist of a core that runs the hardware Computer manages and consists of essential system programs for starting the operating system and its configuration are responsible. An operating system is used in almost all computers, namely as Real-time operating system on process computers, on ordinary PCs and as multi-processor systems on hosts and mainframes. Microsoft made the breakthrough on the market with the MS-DOS and WINDOWS operating systems. Windows users can use the mouse to control the computer via a graphical interface Users can control DOS mostly by entering program commands from the keyboard.

Examples of common operating systems:

• MS-DOS, Novell, Novell DOS
• WINDOWS 3.11, 95, 98, Millennium
• Windows NT NT4, 2000
• Windows Powered Windows CE. Palm OS, EPOC
• OS/2, BeOS
• Linux, Mac OS by Apple