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Question 1

What is Multics?

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A time-sharing operating system developed by MIT, General Electric, and Bell Labs for mainframes in the 60s.

Question 2

What is the Compatible Time Sharing System (CTSS)?

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An operating system developed by MIT that shares similar time-sharing features as Multics.

Question 3

What is Linux?

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An open-source operating system commonly used on both home and server machines. Linux is closely modelled after its predecessor Unix.

Question 4

What is Unix?

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A well-known operating system developed by Bell Labs that has many of the features used in modern operating systems, such as time-sharing, a Shell, and a hierarchical file system.

Question 5

What is MS-DOS?

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An early operating system developed for end-user computers by Microsoft. MS-DOS introduced the command prompt interfaces seen in many subsequent versions of Windows.

Question 6

What is Berkeley Standard Distribution (BSD)?

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A Unix distribution developed by the University of California, Berkeley. It is most well-known for its pioneering implementation of the TCP/IP protocol used over the internet today.

Question 7

What is Ubuntu?

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A popular distribution of Linux that is considered easy to install and easily usable by the non-expert.

Question 8

What is Virtualization?

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A method for dividing up physical compute resources into logical separate units usable by different users. The most common example is running multiple operating systems that share one physical machine.

Question 9

What is an Embedded Operating System?

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An operating system for small devices like sensor networks, or specialized hardware used in airplanes, home appliances, and other mobile devices.

Question 10

What is Vagrant?

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A software that automates the process of installation of virtual machines.

Question 11

What is a Virtual Machine?

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A piece of software that emulates a physical machine, but is actually an application running on an existing operating system.

Question 12

What is a Host OS?

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The operating system that runs on the actual hardware.

Question 13

What is a Guest OS?

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The operating system that runs in the virtual machine.

Question 14

What is VirtualBox?

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An open-source software that enables us to run virtual machines.

Question 15

What is a Code Repository?

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A service that stores multiple versions of code, either in the cloud or locally on a server machine.

Question 16

What is Version Control?

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The ability to manage and change across multiple versions of digital content, typically software.

Question 17

What is Git?

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An open-source popular version control software.

Question 18

What does Pull mean in the context of a code repository/Git?

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Getting a version of software from a code repository.

Question 19

What does Push mean in the context of a code repository/Git?

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Pushing locally committed software changes into a code repository.

Question 20

What does Merge mean in a Git repository?

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Pulling in changes from a code repository and combining the changes with local changes, before pushing the combined version back to the server. Merge can sometimes be done automatically if there are no conflicting changes.