Question

1. What is an Operating System? What is it also known as?
and the
between the
2. Operating System acts as a
3. What is the first software that is loaded into the computer memory when it is switched on?
4. Name some examples of Operating System.
5. List eight tasks that an Operating System performs.
6. The first computers used
Operating System.
7. Describe the computers when there was no Operating System present.
8. When was time sharing Operating System launched?
9. What is a user interface? What are the two types of it?
10. Write down two examples of a GUI and CUI Operating Systems.
11. Write down the difference between GUI and CUI.
12. What was the first Operating System used in personal computers? Who developed it, for whom, when?
13. Name some computers that also used disk Operating System.
14. Complete the following table :
SI No. DOS Commands
Description
1
Cls
Copy
Date
4
Debug
5
Dir
Exit
7
Format
8
Power
9
Print
10
Rem
11
Ren
12
Xcopy
15. What was the first affordable computer with GUI, when was it introduced?
16. List at least four versions of Windows Operating System.
17. What is single user Operating System? Give example.
18. What is multi user Operating System? Give example.
19. What is real time Operating System? Give example.
20. Name some fields where we can find real time Operating System.
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Answer 1

Answer:

1. an operating system is the primary software that manage all the hardware and other software on a computer.

it is also known as an OS