Chapter 4
Terms
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- Network operating system
- an operating system that runs on a network server
- Hardware
- the mart of the computer system which one can touch
- Operating systems
- provide an intreface betwe4en the user or application program and the computer hardware
- Unix
- operating system developed by AT&T. it is considered portable, meaning it can run on just about any hardware platform
- Systems software
- a group of programs that coordinate and control the resources and operations of a computer system
- User interface
- part of the computer's operating system that users interact with
- MS-DOS
- disk operating system; originally introduced with the IBM PC in 1981
- Applications software
- also called productivity software; helps you perform a specific task, such as word processing, spreedsheets, and so forth.
- Multitasking
- running two or more distinct computer operations simultaneously-one in the foreground, the other(s) in the backround
- Software
- a program or instructions that give directions to the computer
- Graphical user interfaces (GUIs)
- an operating system with graphical symbols representing files, programs, and documents