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Posts Tagged ‘Operating System’

Common core services and the current operating system

operating system,linux,unix,windowsAlong with the development of operating system, more and more services become common core services. Now, an OS may need to provide network services and Internet connectivity, which used to not be a common core services. Operating systems also need to keep the damage to computer systems from interference destructive programs from other computers, such as viruses. List of common core services will continue to grow.

Programs communicate with each other with Application Programming Interface, Application Programming Interface, or shortened by the API. With this API application program can communicate with the Operating System. As humans communicate with computers through a user interface, the program also communicate with other programs through the API. Read more: Common core services and the current operating system

Historical development, applications and types of UNIX

Historical development, applications and types of UNIXUNIX is a computer operating system developed by AT & T Bell Labs in the 1960s and 1970s. UNIX operating system designed as a portable, multi-tasking and multi-user. BSD is a derivative (variant) of Unix developed by the University of California, Berkeley.
Unix operating system is widely used both as a server or workstation. Unix architecture and model client / server is the most important element in the development of the Internet and change the computing process is centralized in the network from a single process on the computer. Linux, an operating system adapted from Unix and is available for free have the popularity as an alternative to proprietary operating systems like Microsoft Windows Read more: Historical development, applications and types of UNIX

The history and development of Linux (MINIX)

linux  minixMINIX, a Unix-like system intended for academic use was released by Andrew S. Tanenbaum in 1987. 1.0 MINIX source code contained in his book Operating Systems: Design and Implementation. Although it can be easily available, modification and redistribution is not allowed at that time. The copyright of the source code included in the copyright of his book published by Prentice Hall. In addition, the design 16-bit versions of MINIX and not well adapted to 32-bit versions of Intel’s 386 architecture is cheap and popular widely used in personal computers.
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The history and development of Linux

The history and development of LinuxLinux is the name given to the type of computer operating system Unix. Linux is one example of the development of free software and open source principal. Like the free software and other open source in general, Linux source code can be modified, used and redistributed freely by anyone.
The name “Linux” comes from the name of the kernel (Linux kernel), which was made in 1991 by Linus Torvalds. The system, equipment and system libraries generally come from the GNU operating system, which was announced in 1983 by Richard Stallman. The GNU contribution is the basis of the emergence of the alternative name GNU / Linux.
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