An operating system is difficult to define, but has been called "the layer of software that manages a computer's resources for … Afficher plus

With multiprocessors multiple CPUs share memory. A multicomputer or cluster computer has multiple CPUs, each of which has its own memory. Multicomputers were developed because large multiprocessors are diffic… Afficher plus

Early computers were built to perform a series of single tasks, like a calculator. Basic operating system features were developed in the 1950s, such as resident monitor functions that could automatically run differ… Afficher plus

Unix was originally written in assembly language. Ken Thompson wrote B, mainly based on BCPL, based on his experience in the MULTICS project. B was replaced by C, and Unix, rewritten in C, developed into a large, co… Afficher plus

The components of an operating system all exist in order to make the different parts of a computer work together. All user software needs to go through the operating system in order to use any of the hardware, whether … Afficher plus

A hobby operating system may be classified as one whose code has not been directly derived from an existing operating system, and has few users and active developers.
In some … Afficher plus