The cat
- This is a preview of the essay.
To view the full text you must login!
Technology of a computer fully relies on its operating System. I believe that
the operating system pushes the companies to develop better hardware to catch up
to the advances in the Kernel itself. According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary
Online, an Operating System is "Software that controls the operation of a
computer and directs the processing of programs (as by assigning storage space
in memory and controlling input and output functions)" In other words an
Operating System is a program that acts between the person using the computer
and the computer's hardware. It is required in order for a computer user to be
able to utilize the hardware in an efficient manner. Every time you start your
computer, the operating system checks to see what video card you have installed
which is useful when you need to see the screen! Of course the Os cannot do
anything useful by itself, it needs other programs and the User itself to help
it. There have been different OS developed in the history of mankind, some have
been successful and others have not.
Operating systems started with the famous Unix, they where used for some time by
business people for very technical stuff. Unix was a real operating system for
real people. Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and other people who worked in the
Bell System, made the Unix OS in the early 1970's after separating from General
Electrics with an un-successful attempt of trying to achieve that same goal...