Operating Systems

Operating systems are part of which kind of software?

• Application software

• Utility software

• System software

• User software

What things do operating systems take care of?

• User interface

• memory management

• process scheduling

• user accounts

• file management

This is a task for the CPU to do

• job

• process

• schedule

• priority

This is a value (number) that states the importance and order of a job

• priority

• scheduler

• process

• thread

What is data structure used by computer operating systems to store all the information about a process.

What do you call this kind of OS, where many of the OS's functions are part of the main kernel?

What do you call this kind of OS, where only the critical function of the OS are in the kernel and other non-essential parts are run by "services"?

What does CLI stand for?

What does GUI stand for?

What are some process scheduling strategies

• priority first

• first in, first out

• round robin

• shortest job first

• brand name software first