Wednesday, April 14, 2010

OPERATING SYSTEMS

USE THE FOLLOWING LINK FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT:
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/operating-system.htm/printable

1) Which operating system do most PCs use?
2) Which operating system does the MAC computer use?
3) Which operating system(s) do corporate servers use?
4) After POST is loaded, which program is loaded next?
5) What is the purpose of the operating system?
6) Why do some computers have operating systems and others don't?
7) Which two things does an operating system do?
8) Describe the four types of operating systems.
9) What is a network operating system?
10) What does POST stand for? What is its purpose?
11) What does BIOS stand for? What is its purpose?
12) The operating system is responsible for file management on the hard drive. Research the differences between the FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS file systems (you can use How Stuff Works or another source)