PPT-Objectives To review concepts covered in the Windows Operating Systems units.

Windows Is a Microsoft operating system with a graphical user interface GUI operating systems are software which manages a devices memory processes and hardware GUI pronounced gooey allows the use of icons or other visual indicators to interact with electronic devices rather than using only text through the command line and MSDOS. Comparative Analysis . What is a Operating System?. A program that controls the execution of application programs. An interface between . user and hardware. .. Makes the computer more convenient to use. and File Management. Chapter 4: Operating Systems and File Management. 2. Chapter Contents. Section A: Operating System Basics. Section B: Today’s Operating Systems. Section C: File Basics. Section D: File Management. Silberschatz. et all, 2009. Modern Operating Systems by . Tannenbaum. and . Bos. 2015. Operating Systems by Nutt 2004. Motivation. Distributed system . is collection of loosely coupled processors interconnected by a communications network. Chapter 3. System Software. In this Chapter. Identify System Software. Define Operating Systems . Describe Common OS Tasks . Manage Your Computer’s. Windows . Describe Common OS Features . Compare PC Operating Systems . System Software. Learning Objectives. Explain system software and operating systems. Identify operating systems for desktop PCs. Identify operating systems for handheld PCs and larger . computers. Discuss . Development of Computers. 1. st. Generation computers (1940-1956). Used vacuum tubes.. Vacuum tubes are electronic devices that control the flow of electrons.. Had no operating systems – the user programmed the computer by physically entering the computer and programming by hand. The programs that control and maintain the operation of the computer and its devices. The two parts of system software are the Operating System (OS) and utility programs.. Operating system (OS) (sometimes called the platform) coordinates all activities among computer hardware resources, applications and the user.. and Deadlocks. Ref: . http://userhome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/irudowdky/OperatingSystems.htm. & . Silberschatz. , Gagne, & Galvin, . Operating Systems Concepts. , 7. th. . ed. , Wiley (. ch. 1-3). Contents. Operating system. Windows. Apple. Linux. Operating System. Operating system – a program that runs on a computer and controls the hardware. Trend – strong graphical user interface . Users use a mouse to click on pictures or icons . to . provide a computing service.. Software. In this section: Software Development, System Software, Application software and Managing software.. Concepts > Software. Links:. 10 Best Android Apps. Describe the differences between system software. . and application software.. Identify the four types of system software.. Explain the basic functions, features, and categories of operating systems.. Operating systems (OS) can help computer users do many things, like managing and manipulating files and folders.. Operating systems also provide users the ability to control hardware components of a computer and its peripheral devices, like printers and scanners.. HISTORY OF OPERATING SYS. TEM. The First Generation (1945-55) . The Second Generation (1955-65) . The Third Generation (1965-1980) . The Fourth Generation (1980-Present). 2. 1.. The First Generation (1945-55) . course. Course occurs in the 2. nd. term of Year 2. Course Directors – Justin Mowchun, MD and Aleksandra Stark, MD. Course has 51.5 curricular hours. Course was last reviewed in July 2013. Date . of this review: .