Operating system is a system software that runs on a computer. Computer without operating system is just a useless box with hardware components that cannot operate in any way. It needs operating system that operates the hardware components, memory, processing system, and all other application and utility software. Operating system allows user to communicate with computer without knowing any programming language.
Operating software manages and coordinates all the
hardware components, CPU, memory, and other application software so that user
can easily execute the desired programs. Modern operating systems use GUI that
allows user to easily run programs by clicking in the Icons, tabs, menus and
buttons. There are various operating systems available in the market. Computers
are also preloaded with popular operating systems. Operating systems available
in the market differs from one to another in terms of properties, user
interface, design or looks. This is why; user cannot easily shift from one
operating system to another. Before selecting the operating system, user need
to keep following points in mind:
·
User Interface
·
Design
·
Scalability
·
Security
·
Technology
There are many operating systems available in the
market. Some popular operating system available in the market can be listed
below:
1. Windows
7
2. Windows
8/8.1
3. UBUNTU
14.X (Linux)
4. Windows
XP
5. OPEN
SUSE (Linux)
6. MAC
OS
7. Windows
10
8. GOOGLE
CHROME OS (Linux)
9. FREEBSD
(Unix)
10. Solaris
10 (Unix)
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