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Name: Logan Foraker
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INTERNET REASEARCH ASSIGNMENT
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/operating-system.htm
True or False
1. The operating system (OS) is the last thing loaded onto the computer?
2. The computer in a typical modern cell phone is not as powerful than a desktop computer from 20
years ago?
3. All computers have operating systems?
4. The most common are the Windows family of operating systems developed by Microsoft?
5. In any device that has an operating system, there's usually not a way to make changes to how
the device works?
6. One of the reasons operating systems are made out of portable code rather than permanent
physical circuits is so that they can be changed or modified without having to scrap the whole
device?
7. As long as you understand how an operating system works and how to get at it, in many cases
you can change some of the ways it behaves?
Fill In The Blank
8. When you turn on your computer, it's nice to think that you're in __________.
9. Most desktop or laptop PCs come _______________with Microsoft Windows.
10. Many corporate servers use the ___________ or _________ operating systems.
11. The purpose of an _____________ ____________ is to organize and control hardware and
software so that the device it lives in behaves in a flexible but predictable way.
12. All ___________computers have operating systems.
13. In any device that has an____________ _____________, there's usually a way to make changes
to how the device works.
14. Real-time operating systems are used to control machinery, ______________ ______________
and industrial systems.
15. A very important part of an ________is managing the resources of the computer so that a
particular operation executes in precisely the same amount of time, every time it occurs.
16. In a ___________ machine, having a part move more quickly just because system resources are
available may be just as catastrophic as having it not move at all because the system is busy.
17. _________________ __________and __________ _____________ can each support hundreds
or thousands of networked users, but the operating systems themselves aren't true multi-user
operating systems.
Short Answer
18. What is a Single-user, single task?
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19. What is Multi-user?
20. An operating system creates the ability to?
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