Process Management

Terminology CPU Utilization: CPU Utilization is making the CPU is busy all the time, so that all the associated components of the system also utilized high. The maximum CPU utilization makes the system performance high. In another words, CPU utilization is the ratio of busy time of the processor to Read more…

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Example of OS

DOS Click this link for DOS UNIX UNIX operating systems are used in widely-sold workstation products from Sun Microsystems, Silicon Graphics, IBM, and a number of other companies. The UNIX environment and the client/server program model were important elements in the development of the Internet and the reshaping of computing as Read more…

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Classification of OS

(A) On the basis of the operating system’s architecture, it is divided into the following categories – (a) Network Operating System (b) Distributed Operating System (c) Multiprocessor Operating System (B) On the basis of the use/application of the operating system, it is divided into the following categories – (a) Embedded Read more…

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Introduction & Feature of OS

Operating System History : The first operating system used for real work was GM-NAA I/O, produced in 1956 by General Motors’ Research division for its IBM 704. Introduction : All computers need some sort of hardware platform to run the software; these platforms are called Operating System (OS). Definition : An operating Read more…

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Miscellaneous Topics TCP/IP

Different types of Internet Connection & typical Speed Network Connectivity Type – Transmission Speed  (i) (Telephone) dial-up modem = 14.4 Kbps   (ii) ISDN modem = 56/128 Kbps    (iii) T1 connection = 1.54 Mbps    (iv) Ethernet = 10 Mbps    (v) Token ring = 4/16 Mbps   (vi) Fast Ethernet = 100 Mbps   (vii) FDDI Read more…

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Network Socket

Introduction of Socket The concept of Socket began with the ARPANET in 1971. The term network socket is most commonly used in the context of the Internet protocol suite and is therefore often also called Internet socket. The term network socket is analogous to an electrical device’s female connector. The concept Read more…

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Client Server Architecture

History The concept of Client-server model was started from 1960s. ARPANET is considered as the first client-server model. Introduction Client server architecture is also known as “Client-Server Model”. It works according to a request and response method. Definition Client-Server architecture is a system where one computer (or more) is/are acting Read more…

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