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8 Operating Systems:
Managing, Coordinating, and Monitoring
Resources
Objectives Overview (slide 1 of 2)

Explain how an operating

Describe the start-up system provides a user
Explain the purpose of an process and shutdown interface, manages
operating system options on computers and programs, manages
mobile devices memory, and coordinates
tasks

Describe how an operating Identify file management

system enables users to and other tools included
configure devices, establish with an operating system,
an Internet connection, and along with ways to update
monitor performance operating system software

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Objectives Overview (slide 2 of 2)

Explain how an
operating system Summarize the features
enables users to control of several desktop
a network or administer operating systems
security

Summarize the features

Briefly describe various
and uses of several
server operating
mobile operating
systems
systems

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Operating Systems

• An operating system (OS) is a set of programs that coordinate all the

activities among computer or mobile device hardware

Start and shut down

Provide a user
a computer or Manage programs Manage memory Coordinate tasks
interface
mobile device

Provide file
Monitor Establish an management and Updating operating
Configure devices
performance Internet connection other device or system software
media-related tasks

Control a network Administer security

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OS Functions: start or shut down (slide 1 of 15)

• Starting Computers and Mobile Devices

– Cold boot
– Warm boot
– Reboot

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OS Functions: start or shut down (slide 2 of 15)

• An operating system includes various power options

Sleep mode saves any open Hibernate mode saves any

documents and running open documents and running
programs or apps to RAM, programs or apps to an
turns off all unneeded internal hard drive before
functions, and then places the removing power from the
computer in a low-power state computer or device

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OS Functions: user interface (slide 3 of 15)

• A user interface (UI) controls how

you enter data and instructions and
how information is displayed on the
screen
• With a graphical user interface (GUI),
you interact with menus and visual
images

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OS Functions: user interface (slide 4 of 15)
• In a command-line interface, a
user types commands
represented by short
keywords or abbreviations or
presses special keys on the
keyboard to enter data and
instructions
• Menu-driven interface
provides options or menu for
users to select an action

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OS Functions: manage programs (slide 5 of 15)

• How an operating system handles programs directly affects your

productivity

Single tasking Foreground

Single user
and and
and multiuser
multitasking background

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OS Functions: memory management (slide 7 of 15)

• Memory management optimizes the use of the computer or device’s

internal memory
• Virtual memory is a portion of a storage medium functioning as
additional RAM

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OS Functions: coordinate task (slide 8 of 15)

• The operating system determines the order in which tasks are

processed

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OS Functions: configure devices (slide 9 of 15)

A driver is a small Plug and Play

program that tells the automatically
operating system how configures new devices
to communicate with a as you install or
specific device connect them

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OS Functions: performance monitor (slide 10 of 15)

• A performance monitor is a
program that assesses and
reports information about
various computer resources
and devices

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OS Functions: establish Internet connection (slide 11 of 15)

• Operating systems typically provide a means to establish

Internet connections

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OS Functions: software updates (slide 12 of 15)

• Many programs, including operating systems, include an

automatic update feature that regularly provides new features
or corrections to the program

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OS Functions: utility management (slide 13 of 15)

• Operating systems often provide users with a variety of tools

related to managing a computer, its devices, or its programs

Disk
File Manager Search Image Viewer Uninstaller Disk Cleanup
Defragmenter

File PC Backup and Power

Screen Saver
Compression Maintenance Restore Management

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OS Functions: controls a network (slide 14 of 15)

• Some operating systems • A network administrator uses

are designed to work with the server operating system
a server on a network to:
• These multiuser operating – Add and remove users,
systems allow multiple computers, and other devices
users to share a printer, – Configure the network, install
Internet access, files, and software and administer
network security
programs

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OS Functions: administer security (slide 15 of 15)

• A user account enables a use to sign in to, or access resources

on, a network or computer
– A user name, or user ID, identifies a specific user
– A password is a private combination of characters associated with the
user name

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Types of Operating Systems

• Desktop
• Server
• Mobile
• Embedded

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Desktop Operating Systems (slide 1 of 6)

• A desktop operating system is a complete operating system that

works on desktops, laptops, and some tablets

Windows Mac-OS UNIX

Chrome
Linux
OS

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Desktop Operating Systems (slide 2 of 6)

• The latest versions of Windows offer these features

– Uses tiles to access apps
– Includes the desktop interface
– Support for input via touch, mouse, and keyboard
– Email app, calendar app, and browser (Edge) included
– Photos, files, and settings you can sync with OneDrive
– Enhanced security through an antivirus program, firewall, and
automatic updates
– Windows Store offers additional applications for purchase
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Desktop Operating Systems (slide 3 of 6)

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Desktop Operating Systems (slide 4 of 6)

• The Macintosh operating system has earned a reputation for its

ease of use
– Mac-OS

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Desktop Operating Systems (slide 5 of 6)

UNIX is a multitasking operating

system developed in the early
1970s

Linux is a popular, multitasking

UNIX-based operating system
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Desktop Operating Systems (slide 6 of 6)

• Chrome OS is a Linux-based operating system designed to work

primarily with web apps

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Server Operating Systems

Windows Mac-OS
Server Server

UNIX Linux
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Mobile Operating Systems

• The operating system on mobile devices and many consumer electronics is

called a mobile operating system and resides on firmware

Android iOS Windows

Windows (Mobile
Android is an open iOS, developed by Apple, is a
Edition), developed by
source, Linux-based proprietary mobile operating
Microsoft, is a
mobile operating system system specifically made for
proprietary mobile
designed by Google Apple’s mobile devices
operating system

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Embedded Operating Systems

• An embedded
operating system
resides on a ROM
chip on a mobile
device or
consumer
electronic device

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Summary

Variety of desktop
operating systems,
Functions common to
server operating
most operating systems
systems, and mobile
operating systems

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8 Operating Systems:
Managing, Coordinating, and Monitoring
Resources

Module 9
Complete