Operating System Questions et reponses d'entretien
Question 1. What is the OPERATING SYSTEM?
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.
Question 2. What are the OPERATING SYSTEM TYPES?
As computers have progressed and developed so have the types of 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. Many computer Operating Systems will fall into more than one of the below categories.
GUI - Short for Graphical User Interface, a GUI Operating System contains graphics and icons and is commonly navigated by using a computer mouse. See our GUI dictionary definition for a complete definition. Below are some examples of GUI Operating Systems.
System 7.x
Windows 98
Windows CE
Multi-user - A multi-user Operating System allows for multiple users to use the same computer at the same time and/or different times. See our multi-user dictionary definition for a complete definition for a complete definition. Below are some examples of multi-user Operating Systems.
Linux
Unix
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Mac OS X
Question 3. What are the basic functions of an operating system?
Operating system controls and coordinates the use of the hardware among the various applications programs for various uses. Operating system acts as resource allocator and manager. Since there are many possibly conflicting requests for resources the operating system must decide which requests are allocated resources to operating the computer system efficiently and fairly. Also operating system is control program which controls the user programs to prevent errors and improper use of the computer. It is especially concerned with the operation and control of I/O devices.
Question 4. Why paging is used in OS?
Paging is solution to external fragmentation problem which is to permit the logical address space of a process to be noncontiguous, thus allowing a process to be allocating physical memory wherever the latter is available.
Question 5. While running DOS on a PC, which command would be used to duplicate the entire diskette?
This command will be use to duplicate the entire diskette
diskcopy
Les plus utiles selon les utilisateurs :
- What is the OPERATING SYSTEM?
- What are the OPERATING SYSTEM TYPES?
- What are the basic functions of an operating system?
- While running DOS on a PC, which command would be used to duplicate the entire diskette?
- Why paging is used in OS?