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OPERATING SYSTEMS

WHAT IS AN OPERATING SYSTEM?

• AN OPERATING SYSTEM IS THE MOST IMPORTANT SOFTWARE THAT


RUNS ON A COMPUTER. IT MANAGES THE
COMPUTER'S MEMORY AND PROCESSES, AS WELL AS ALL OF
ITS SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE. IT ALSO ALLOWS YOU
TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMPUTER WITHOUT KNOWING HOW TO
SPEAK THE COMPUTER'S LANGUAGE. WITHOUT AN OPERATING
SYSTEM, A COMPUTER IS USELESS.
THE OPERATING SYSTEM’S JOB

• YOUR COMPUTER'S OPERATING SYSTEM (OS) MANAGES ALL OF


THE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE ON THE COMPUTER. MOST OF THE
TIME, THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT COMPUTER PROGRAMS RUNNING
AT THE SAME TIME, AND THEY ALL NEED TO ACCESS YOUR
COMPUTER'S CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU), MEMORY,
AND STORAGE. THE OPERATING SYSTEM COORDINATES ALL OF THIS TO
MAKE SURE EACH PROGRAM GETS WHAT IT NEEDS.
TYPES OF OPERATING SYSTEMS

• OPERATING SYSTEMS USUALLY COME PRE-LOADED ON ANY


COMPUTER YOU BUY. MOST PEOPLE USE THE OPERATING SYSTEM
THAT COMES WITH THEIR COMPUTER, BUT IT'S POSSIBLE TO
UPGRADE OR EVEN CHANGE OPERATING SYSTEMS.
• THE THREE MOST COMMON OPERATING SYSTEMS FOR
PERSONAL COMPUTERS ARE MICROSOFT WINDOWS, MAC
OS X, AND LINUX.
TYPES OF OPERATING SYSTEMS

• MODERN OPERATING SYSTEMS USE A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE,


OR GUI (PRONOUNCED GOOEY). A GUI LETS YOU USE YOUR MOUSE TO
CLICK ICONS, BUTTONS, AND MENUS, AND EVERYTHING IS CLEARLY
DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN USING A COMBINATION OF GRAPHICS AND
TEXT.
• EACH OPERATING SYSTEM'S GUI HAS A DIFFERENT LOOK AND
FEEL, SO IF YOU SWITCH TO A DIFFERENT OPERATING SYSTEM IT
MAY SEEM UNFAMILIAR AT FIRST. HOWEVER, MODERN OPERATING
SYSTEMS ARE DESIGNED TO BE EASY TO USE, AND MOST OF THE
BASIC PRINCIPLES ARE THE SAME.
MICROSOFT WINDOWS

• MICROSOFT CREATED THE WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM IN THE MID-


1980S. OVER THE YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY DIFFERENT VERSIONS
OF WINDOWS, BUT THE MOST RECENT ONES ARE WINDOWS
10 (RELEASED IN 2015), WINDOWS 8 (2012), WINDOWS 7 (2009),
AND WINDOWS VISTA (2007). WINDOWS COMES PRE-LOADED ON
MOST NEW PCS, WHICH HELPS TO MAKE IT THE MOST POPULAR
OPERATING SYSTEM IN THE WORLD.
MICROSOFT WINDOWS
MAC OS X

• MAC OS IS A LINE OF OPERATING SYSTEMS CREATED BY APPLE. IT


COMES PRELOADED ON ALL NEW MACINTOSH COMPUTERS, OR MACS.
ALL OF THE RECENT VERSIONS ARE KNOWN AS OS X(PRONOUNCED O-S
TEN), AND THE SPECIFIC VERSIONS INCLUDE EL CAPITAN (RELEASED IN
2015),YOSEMITE (2014), MAVERICKS (2013), MOUNTAIN LION (2012),
AND LION (2011).
MAC OS X

• ACCORDING TO STATCOUNTER GLOBAL STATS, MAC OS X USERS


ACCOUNT FOR LESS THAN 10% OF GLOBAL OPERATING SYSTEMS
—MUCH LOWER THAN THE PERCENTAGE OF WINDOWS USERS
(MORE THAN 80%). ONE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT APPLE
COMPUTERS TEND TO BE MORE EXPENSIVE. HOWEVER, MANY
PEOPLE DO PREFER THE LOOK AND FEEL OF MAC OS X OVER
WINDOWS.
MAC OS X
LINUX

• LINUX (PRONOUNCED LINN-UX) IS A FAMILY OF OPEN-


SOURCE OPERATING SYSTEMS, WHICH MEANS THEY CAN BE MODIFIED
AND DISTRIBUTED BY ANYONE AROUND THE WORLD. THIS IS DIFFERENT
FROM PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE LIKE WINDOWS, WHICH CAN ONLY BE
MODIFIED BY THE COMPANY THAT OWNS IT. THE ADVANTAGES OF LINUX
ARE THAT IT IS FREE, AND THERE ARE MANY
DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTIONS—OR VERSIONS—YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM.
LINUX

• ACCORDING TO STATCOUNTER GLOBAL STATS, LINUX USERS


ACCOUNT FOR LESS THAN 2% OF GLOBAL OPERATING SYSTEMS.
HOWEVER, MOST SERVERS RUN LINUX BECAUSE IT'S RELATIVELY
EASY TO CUSTOMIZE.
LINUX
OPERATING SYSTEMS FOR MOBILE DEVICES

• THE OPERATING SYSTEMS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SO FAR


WERE DESIGNED TO RUN ON
DESKTOP AND LAPTOP COMPUTERS. MOBILE DEVICES SUCH
AS PHONES, TABLET COMPUTERS, AND MP3 PLAYERS ARE
DIFFERENT FROM DESKTOP AND LAPTOP COMPUTERS, SO THEY
RUN OPERATING SYSTEMS THAT ARE DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY
FOR MOBILE DEVICES.

• MOBILE OPERATING SYSTEMS INCLUDE APPLE IOS AND GOOGLE


ANDROID AND WINDOWS PHONE.
OPERATING SYSTEMS FOR MOBILE DEVICES

• OPERATING SYSTEMS FOR MOBILE DEVICES GENERALLY AREN'T


AS FULLY FEATURED AS THOSE MADE FOR DESKTOP AND LAPTOP
COMPUTERS, AND THEY AREN'T ABLE TO RUN ALL OF THE SAME
SOFTWARE. HOWEVER, YOU CAN STILL DO A LOT OF THINGS
WITH THEM, LIKE WATCH MOVIES, BROWSE THE WEB, MANAGE
YOUR CALENDAR, AND PLAY GAMES.
APPLE IOS
ANDRIOD OS
WINDOWS OS

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