10Nov/16

Process State Diagram

November 10, 2016OSPCB, process, process-control-block, process-state, process-state-diagramDreamMaker

Process and Process State: In this article, we are going to discuss about process, process state diagram and process control block (PCB). A process is a program which is currently in execution.Read More…

05Nov/16

Monolithic System Structure

November 5, 2016OSlayered-system-structure, monolithic-system-structure, operating-system-structureDreamMaker

Monolithic system Structure is written as a collection of procedures, each of which can call any other procedure whenever it needs. When this technique is used each procedure in the system hasRead More…

03Nov/16

Layered System Structure

November 3, 2016OSlayered-system-structure, operating-system-structureDreamMaker

In the layered system structure, operating system is organized as hierarchy of layers; each of the layers is constructed upon one another. The lowest layer (layer 0) contains hardware and the topRead More…

01Nov/16

Distributed System

November 1, 2016OSreal-time-os, types-of-osDreamMaker

A distributed computer system consists of several computer systems connected through a network for the communication and resource sharing purpose. A distributed system is a system consisting of two or more nodes,Read More…

01Nov/16

Real Time System

November 1, 2016OSDreamMaker

It is a special purpose operating system. It is used when rigid time requirement have been placed on the operation of a procedure or the flow of data. It is often usedRead More…

31Oct/16

Time Sharing System

October 31, 2016OStime-sharing-os, types-of-osDreamMaker

In a non-interactive computing environment, a user has no direct contact with his program during its execution. Multi programming and batch operating system provides such environment where the various system resources areRead More…

30Oct/16

Multi Program Operating System

October 30, 2016OSmulti-programming-os, types-of-osDreamMaker

A single user program cannot keep the CPU busy at all the time. The OS can put many user programs in the memory and let the CPU execute instructions of one programRead More…

01Oct/16

Batch Operating System

October 1, 2016OSbatch-operating-system, types-of-osDreamMaker

Computer systems of the 1960’s used card reader and punch cards as the primary input medium. The primary output devices were line printers, tape drives and punch cards. In these type ofRead More…

28Sep/16

What is Operating System?

September 28, 2016OSfunctions-of-operating-system, structure-of-operating-system, what-is-operating-systemDreamMaker

An operating system is a system program that creates an interface between the user and the computer system. It provides an environment in which other programs can run smoothly and n efficientRead More…

28Sep/16

What is Software?

September 28, 2016OS, Uncategorizedapplication software, software, systemsoftwareDreamMaker

In Simple words, software is a collection of instructions or a set of programs that performs a specific task. Computer software can be divided into two main categories: Application software System softwareRead More…