Friday, July 30, 2010

Posts Tagged ‘Unix’

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