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Assignment Operating Systems

This document summarizes an assignment on operating systems. It begins with an introduction to operating systems, defining them as interfaces between hardware and users that manage resources and activities. It then lists some common operating systems and provides more detail on Microsoft DOS, including its history and versions from 1980 to 1995. It describes DOS as single-tasking and how processes worked, with only one running at a time while others were suspended. The summary concludes that DOS became very popular despite limitations as it met the basic needs of personal computers at the time.

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Assignment Operating Systems

This document summarizes an assignment on operating systems. It begins with an introduction to operating systems, defining them as interfaces between hardware and users that manage resources and activities. It then lists some common operating systems and provides more detail on Microsoft DOS, including its history and versions from 1980 to 1995. It describes DOS as single-tasking and how processes worked, with only one running at a time while others were suspended. The summary concludes that DOS became very popular despite limitations as it met the basic needs of personal computers at the time.

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ASSIGNMENT

OPERATING SYSTEMS
Presented to: sir Nauman

Presented by: Gulfaraz

Roll No: 9719


Operating System
What is an
Operating System?
In computing, an operating system (OS) is
an interface between hardware and user,
which is responsible for the management
and coordination of activities and the
sharing of the resources of a computer,
that acts as a host for computing
applications run on the machine. ...
Kinds of Operating
System
• Ms Dos
• Windows
• Linux
• Unix
• Macintosh
• Sun Solaris
• Novell
Microsoft Disk Operating
System
Overview

• Introduction – History
• MS-DOS Versions
• Processes
• Conclusion
Introduction to MS-DOS

• History
• 1980
• QDOS
• IBM
• Bill Gates and Microsoft
DOS Versions
• v1.0 1981 First operating system for IBM-PC
• v2.0 1983 Longer file names allowed
• v3.0 1984 Support for 1.2MB floppy, and larger
hard disk sizes
• v4.0 1988 Support for TSR added
• v5.0 1992 Support for upper memory blocks,
larger partition sizes
• v6.0 1993 Added Double Space Disk
Compression
• v7.0 1995 Embedded with Windows
Processes
• For example, the user can’t work on a different application
while waiting for the printer to process.
• Although MS-DOS is single tasking, there can be more than
one program at a time in memory.
• DOS only has the ability to run one process at a time and in
a certain specific manner.
• DOS functions by having parent processes that create child
process which execute and return to the parent process.
• When an application is running in MS-DOS, it can load and
execute another program. When this parent application
calls the second application program, it takes on child
status.
• The parent program is then suspended until the child
process completes execution and returns control to the
parent.
Conclusion

• MS-DOS became the most popular


operating system for personal computers
• Though it may not have been the best
operating system of its time, it fulfilled the
necessary requirements of the time

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