Chapter Ten - Operating SystemsINCOMPLETE Flashcards
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application software?
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- written to solve problems in the REAL WORLD
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system software?
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- programs that manage COMPUTER SYSTEM and INTERACTS w/ HARDWARE
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operating system?
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- system software that manages computer RESOURCES and provides an INTERFACE for SYSTEM INTERACTION.
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multiprogramming?
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- keeping MULTIPLE PROGRAMS in MAIN MEMORY at the same time
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memory management?
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- OS keeps track of WHICH PROGRAMS are in MEMORY and WHERE in memory. (because of multiprogramming)
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process?
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- program in EXECUTION
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process management?
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- keeping TRACK of PROCESS and INTERMEDIATE states.
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CPU scheduling?
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- determines WHICH PROCESS in memory is EXECUTED by the CPU at any given point.
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timesharing?
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- allows MULTIPLE USERS to INTERACT w/ a COMPUTER at the SAME TIME.
10
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virtual machine?
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- ILLUSION of each user having their own computer when they are in fact sharing the same MAINFRAME.
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mainframe?
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- single, large MULTIUSER COMPUTER
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dumb terminal?
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- MONITOR + KEYBOARD
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real-time system?
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- system that must guarantee MINIMUM RESPONSE TIME to user.
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response time?
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- DELAY b/w receiving STIMULUS and producing a RESPONSE
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logical address?
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- value that specifies a location for the program but is NOT actually in the MAIN MEMORY (before a program is compiled into the main memory, it uses these addresses for its data and code…)
