This document contains an assignment on operating systems for a diploma course. It includes a student's name, ID, and submission date. The first section defines 7 common functions of operating systems, including providing a user interface, managing programs and memory, coordinating tasks, configuring devices, establishing internet connections, and monitoring performance. The second section compares the speeds of Windows 7 and Windows 8 based on various benchmarks and tasks. It also compares the costs and RAM requirements of the two operating systems.
This document contains an assignment on operating systems for a diploma course. It includes a student's name, ID, and submission date. The first section defines 7 common functions of operating systems, including providing a user interface, managing programs and memory, coordinating tasks, configuring devices, establishing internet connections, and monitoring performance. The second section compares the speeds of Windows 7 and Windows 8 based on various benchmarks and tasks. It also compares the costs and RAM requirements of the two operating systems.
This document contains an assignment on operating systems for a diploma course. It includes a student's name, ID, and submission date. The first section defines 7 common functions of operating systems, including providing a user interface, managing programs and memory, coordinating tasks, configuring devices, establishing internet connections, and monitoring performance. The second section compares the speeds of Windows 7 and Windows 8 based on various benchmarks and tasks. It also compares the costs and RAM requirements of the two operating systems.
This document contains an assignment on operating systems for a diploma course. It includes a student's name, ID, and submission date. The first section defines 7 common functions of operating systems, including providing a user interface, managing programs and memory, coordinating tasks, configuring devices, establishing internet connections, and monitoring performance. The second section compares the speeds of Windows 7 and Windows 8 based on various benchmarks and tasks. It also compares the costs and RAM requirements of the two operating systems.
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ASSIGNMENT 1
OPERATING SYSYTEM DIT1034 PREPARED FOR MR. PRASANAN P T KANNAN DIPLOMA IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE
PREPARED BY
NAME
STUDENT ID
CHEOW KEVIN
1B420141082DIT SUBMISSION DATE 05/06/2015
OPERATING SYSTEM ASSIGNMENT 1
1. What are the functions of OS?
An operating system is a set of programs that coordinates all the activities among computer or mobile device hardware. It provides a means for users to communicate with the computer or mobile device and other software. Every computer and mobile device has an operating system. Regardless of the size of the computer or device, however, most operating systems provide similar functions. The following sections discuss functions common to most operating systems. These functions include providing a user interface, managing programs, managing memory, coordinating tasks, configuring devices, establishing an Internet connection and monitoring performance. The explanation for each function are: Function 1: Providing a User Interface You interact with an operating system through its user interface. That is, a user interface (UI) controls how you enter data and instructions and how information is displayed on the screen. Two types of operating system user interfaces are graphical and command line. Operating system user interfaces often use a combination of these techniques to define how a user interacts with a computer or mobile device. Function 2: Managing Programs How an operating system handles programs directly affects your productivity. An operating system can be single tasking or multitasking: A single tasking operating system allows only one program or app to run at a time. For example, if you are using a browser and want to check email messages, you must exit the browser before you can run the email program. Operating systems on embedded computers and some mobile devices use a single tasking operating system. Most operating systems today are multitasking. A multitasking operating system allows two or more programs or apps to reside in memory at the same time. Using the example just cited, if you are working with a multitasking operating system, you do not have to exit the browser to run the email program. Both programs can run concurrently. Function 3: Managing Memory The purpose of memory management is to optimize the use of a computer or devices internal memory, RAM (random access memory) consists of one or more chips on the motherboard that hold items such as data and instructions while the processor interprets and executes them. The operating system allocates, or assigns, data and instructions to an area of memory while they are being processed. Then, it carefully monitors the contents of memory. Finally, the operating system releases these items from being monitored in memory when the processor no longer requires them. Function 4: Coordinating Tasks The operating system determines the order in which tasks are processed. A task, or job, is an operation the processor manages. Tasks include receiving data from an input 2
device, processing instructions, sending information to an output device, and
transferring items from storage to memory and from memory to storage. Sometimes, a device already may be busy processing one task when it receives a request to perform a second task. For example, if a printer is printing a document when the operating system sends it a request to print another document, the printer must store the second document in memory until the first document has completed printing. Function 5: Configuring Devices A driver, short for device driver, is a small program that tells the operating system how to communicate with a specific device. Each device connected to a computer, such as a mouse, keyboard, monitor, printer, card reader/writer, digital camera, webcam, portable media player, smartphone, or tablet, has its own specialized set of commands and, thus, requires its own specific driver. When you start a computer or connect a device via a USB port, the operating system loads a devices driver. Drivers must be installed for each connected device in order for the device to function properly. Function 6: Establishing an Internet Connection Operating systems typically provide a means to establish Internet connections. You can establish wired connections, such as cable and DSL, or wireless connections, such as Wi-Fi, mobile broadband, and satellite. Some connections are configured automatically as soon as you connect to the Internet. With others, you may need to set up a connection manually. Some operating systems also include a browser and an email program, enabling you to begin using the web and communicating with others as soon as you set up an Internet connection. Operating systems also sometimes include firewalls and other tools to protect computers and mobile devices from unauthorized intrusions and unwanted software. Function 7: Monitoring Performance Operating systems typically include a performance monitor. A performance monitor is a program that assesses and reports information about various computer resources and devices. For example, users can monitor the processor, disks, network, and memory usage. The information in performance reports helps users and administrators identify a problem with resources so that they can try to resolve any issues. If a computer is running extremely slow, for example, the performance monitor may determine that the computers memory is being used to its maximum. Thus, you might consider installing additional memory in the computer.
Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit)
Windows 8 (64-bit) Startup (seconds, lower is better) 38
17 Shutdown (seconds, lower is better)
12.2
9.9
500MB File Group Move
(seconds, lower is better) 25.2
29.2
Large Single File Move
(seconds, lower is better) 46.4 Speed
46.8
Video Rendering (minutes: seconds, smaller is better) 1:22
1:11
Geekbench 2.3 64-bit tests
(higher is better) 8090
8187
Geekbench 2.3 32-bit tests
(higher is better) 5962
6122 PCMark 7 (higher is better)
2313
2701 Sunspider (Ms, lower is better)
180
144
2. Compare and contract 2 different OS in term of its speed, cost, RAM required.
Upgrade Cost 5
Free upgrade
$199.99
Purchasing
$99
$109
Windows 7 is cheaper but some of feature are not
good.
Minimum/Maximum Ram
2GB min
4GB min
4GB max
8GB max
The more ram you have, the more things you can do.
