Friday 19 September 2014

Software

Software

Operating system

Windows (vista, xp, 7, 8, 95, 98) - installed on PC with a license
Linux (Ubuntu, red hat, raspberry OS) - Linux is free and open source
IOS - iphone, tablets, watches
Android - phones, tablets, kindle
Mac OS - Apple Mac
Blackberry OS - blackberry phones, tablets
Unix - specialist machines. 

Purpose:
User interacts with the OS and the OS interacts with the Hardware and vice versa.
The OS uses a GUI Graphical User Interface (WIMPS)
CLI - Command Line Interface


This is a diagram of the interactions between the User, Application, OS and Hardware

An operating system is a piece of software which gives the user an interface so they can interact with their hardware through the use of applications. The OS will also allow the user to see information about their hardware. If we do not have an OS then the user will be unable to do anything with their hardware and the money spent on the hardware will have been wasted.

Applications

applications do everything else.






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