Computer Software and Operating System
Computer Software and Operating System
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3. Single user : Designed for single user and a single person use it at a time i.e. DOS windows 95 etc.
4. Distributed operating system : It is group of independent computers and makes them appear to
the user of the system as a single computer. Data processing jobs are distributed among the
processors according to their efficiency.
5. Real time operating system : It is a computing environment that reacts to input within a specific
time period. It is used at those Places in which we Requires higher and Timely Response.
There are two types of RTOS
1. Hard real time OS : That guarantee a maximum time for the operation it perform.
2. Soft real time OS : That cannot absolutely guarantee a maximum time for the operations it
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6. Time sharing operating system : A time sharing system allows the many users to simultaneously
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share the computer resources.
8. Mobile operating system : mobile OS is an OS that operate on smartPhones , tablets and Digital
mobile devices. Google's latest version of its android OS is Nougat and iOS i.e. iPhone Operating
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User interface
OS provide an interface between the computer user and hardware.
Graphical user interface : That enable a person to communicate with a computer
through the use of symbols, visual metaphors and pointing devices. Eg gaming,
media player. Character user interface : o r command line interface , interacting
with a computer system or software by typing command.
Computer languages
● Low level language : These are coded in a form which is easy to understand by the
processor.
● Machine language: It is also a type of low level language these can be develop in binary
language (0 and 1) .
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● Assembly language : it is also a type of low level language and using the human readable
instruction of the CPU. It is written as ‘MOV A.’ High level language programmer can write
code in simple easy language, it is user friendly . E.g. C, JAVA
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● C language : it is a middle level programming language and also known as procedural
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C++ is high level language that uses the OOPS concept.
Fortran : it is known as formula translation .it is used for scientific application
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● COBOL(Common Business Oriented Language ): used for record keeping and data
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non-professional programmers.
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level language because it is much easy to code in these language but computer does not
understand any of these language so it is necessary to convert program into a machine
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● Loader: It loads the code which is translated by translator into the main memory and
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Computer software
1.Which process checks to ensure the components of the computer are operating and
connected properly?
(a)Booting (b) Processing (c) Saving (d) Editing
Answer (a)
2. Application software?
(a) Is used to control the operating system (b) Is designed to help programmers
(c) Performs specific task for computer users (d) Is used for making design only
Answer (c)
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4. Which part of a computer cannot be touched?
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(a) Mouse (b) Monitor (c) Hardware (d) Software
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(d)
5. Which of the following is software?
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(a) (b) CP (c) Microsoft (d) RAM
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Answer (c)
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(d)Which of the following is a recent version of operating systems?
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