Unit 4 operating systems
Operating system- Software designed to control the hardware of a specific data-processing system in order to allow users and application programs to make use of it.
Bios- The set of routines stored in read-only memory that enable a computer to start the operating system and to communicate with the various devices in the system, such as disk drives, keyboard, monitor, printer, and communications ports.
Booting- The process of starting or restarting a computer
Warm boot- The act or process of restarting a computer without turning off the power. A warm boot erases everything in RAM and then reloads the operating system into RAM.
Partitioning- A section of storage space on a hard disk.
GUI- An interface for issuing commands to a computer utilizing a pointing device, such as a mouse, that manipulates and activates graphical images on a monitor.
Shell- A program that works with the operating system as a command processor, used to enter commands and initiate their execution.
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