* Operating systems timeline

Operating systems and programs using the customary binary prefixes show this as 9. 5625 MB.

Operating systems such as Microsoft Windows that display hard drive sizes using the customary binary prefix " GB " ( as it is used for RAM ) would display this as 279. 4 GB ( meaning 279. 4 × 1024 < sup > 3 </ sup >, or 279. 4 ×).

Operating systems and executive software, designed to supersede this basic firmware functionality, provide replacement software interfaces to applications.

Operating systems include many standard Software libraries, and applications are often distributed with their own libraries.

Operating systems may adopt one of many different scheduling strategies, which generally fall into the following categories:

Though typically accessed by a DBMS through the underlying Operating system ( and often utilizing the operating systems ' File systems as intermediates for storage layout ), storage properties and configuration setting are extremely important for the efficient operation of the DBMS, and thus are closely maintained by database administrators.

Disk Operating System ( specifically ) and disk operating system ( generically ), most often abbreviated as DOS, refer to an operating system software used in most computers that provides the abstraction and management of secondary storage devices and the information on them ( e. g., file systems for organizing files of all sorts ).

Mature versions of the Commodore, SWTPC, Atari and Apple home computer systems all featured a disk operating system ( actually called ' DOS ' in the case of the Commodore 64 ( CBM DOS ), Atari 800 ( Atari DOS ), and Apple II machines ( Apple DOS )), as did ( at the other end of the hardware spectrum, and much earlier ) IBM's System / 360, 370 and ( later ) 390 series of mainframes ( e. g., DOS / 360: Disk Operating System / 360 and DOS / VSE: Disk Operating System / Virtual Storage Extended ).

Though typically accessed by a DBMS through the underlying Operating system ( and often utilizing the operating systems ' File systems as intermediates for storage layout ), storage properties and configuration setting are extremely important for the efficient operation of the DBMS, and thus are closely maintained by database administrators.

Operating systems that supported Alpha included OpenVMS ( previously known as OpenVMS AXP ), Tru64 UNIX ( previously known as DEC OSF / 1 AXP and Digital UNIX ), Windows NT ( until 4. 0 SP6 and Windows 2000 RC1 ), GNU / Linux ( Debian GNU / Linux, Gentoo Linux and Red Hat Linux ), BSD UNIX ( NetBSD, OpenBSD and FreeBSD up to 6. x ), as well as the L4Ka :: Pistachio kernel.

Operating systems for the System / 360 family included OS / 360 ( with PCP, MFT, and MVT ), BOS / 360, TOS / 360, and DOS / 360.

Operating systems with " legacy support " can detect and use legacy hardware.

Operating systems ported to the architecture include SGI's IRIX, Microsoft's Windows NT ( until v4. 0 ), Windows CE, Linux, BSD, UNIX System V, SINIX, QNX, and MIPS Computer Systems ' own RISC / os.

Operating systems can be found on almost any device that contains a computer — from cellular phones and video game consoles to supercomputers and web servers.

POSIX ( ), an acronym for " Portable Operating System Interface ", is a family of standards specified by the IEEE for maintaining compatibility between operating systems.

In 1919, shortly after the Morkrum company obtained their patent for a start-stop synchronizing method for code telegraph systems, which made possible the practical teleprinter, Kleinschmidt filed an application titled " Method of and Apparatus for Operating Printing Telegraphs " which included an improved start-stop method.

Operating systems have memory areas that are pinned ( never swapped to secondary storage ).

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Unix Operating System Source Code Level Six is the kernel source code, lightly edited by Lions to better separate the functionality — system initialization and process management, interrupts and system calls, basic I / O, file systems and pipes and character devices.

Operating temperature ranges for outdoor UPS systems could be around − 40 ° C to + 55 ° C.

Operating systems targeting Java ME have been implemented by DoCoMo in the form of DoJa, and by SavaJe as SavaJe OS.

The Business Operating System ( BOS ) was a cross-platform operating system designed to run p-code programs exclusively.

From about 1977, aircraft simulators for Commercial Air Transport ( CAT ) aircraft were designed with ancillaries such as Instructor Operating Stations ( IOS ), computers, etc., being placed on the motion platform along with the replica cockpit, rather than being located off the motion platform.

Operating procedures ( manual or automatic ) were not easy to correctly design ( nor even if so designed, to execute perfectly, which the engineering required ).

Octel, who had high capacity systems in use interally by all seven Regional Bell Operating companies, launched a new generation of its large system specifically designed for carriers and was compliant with " NEBS standards ," the tight standard required by phone companies for any equipment located in their central offices.

The division of British Rail and privatisation has also hurt TOPS, because it was never really designed for that ; some Train Operating Companies do not keep information as up to date as they should.

* Operating basis earthquake, the earthquake magnitude that earthquake resistant structures are designed to withstand.

Concurrent systems such as Operating systems and Database management systems are generally designed to operate indefinitely, including automatic recovery from failure, and not terminate unexpectedly ( see Concurrency control ).

Gyromite ( also known as Robot Gyro ) is a video game released in 1985 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, designed for use with the Robotic Operating Buddy.

Founded in 1983, Tseng Labs ' first product was designed to allow IBM PCs to run the CP / M Operating System.

It was originally designed to run on top of Operating System / 2 Extended Edition.

* Hyper Operating System, a fictional OS designed to run Labors, specifically construction labors, in Patlabor

The Children's Leadership & Awareness Initiative was designed specifically to assist children and young adults in developing and implementing their own successful “ Operating Systems .” Joey has worked with children of all ages and backgrounds.

Two of the three projects will test the Combined Construction and Operating License ( COL ) process ( that is, obtain an operating license at the same time as the construction permit, the validity of which is conditional upon the plant being built as designed ).

Operating room staff must wear sterile attire ( scrubs, a scrub cap, a sterile surgical gown, sterile latex or non-latex polymer gloves and a surgical mask ), and they must scrub hands and arms with an approved disinfectant agent before each procedure.

Operating from a shophouse in Section 3, the council began operations on 1 January 1979 before moving twice ; first to the Kompleks PKNS building on 1981 and later to a newly-built 28-storey building called Wisma MPSA on 1988.

RCA originally called this operating system Time Sharing Operating System ( TSOS ), running on RCA's Spectra 70 line of virtual memory systems and changed its name to VMOS before the Sperry acquisition of RCA CSD.

Reporting thence to the Naval Training School for diesel engineers at the Madison campus of the University of Wisconsin, for instruction, David ultimately reported for duty at the Naval Training Station, Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, before he traveled to Orange, Texas to assist in fitting out the destroyer escort, which was commissioned at the Consolidated Steel Corporation yard on June 7, 1943.

The Operating Theatre had closed down before antiseptic surgery was invented.

Operating counterclockwise, Brown Line trains extend around the Loop over the Outer track via Wells-Van Buren-Wabash-Lake, serving all Loop stations, before the return trip back north to the Albany Park terminal.

Jon Atack, whose book A Piece of Blue Sky details how he reached Operating Thetan level V before leaving Scientology, describes Hubbard's doctrines about thetans: " Thetans are all-knowing beings, and became bored because there were no surprises.

Operating in the Army Co-operation role in Northern Iraq, it was equipped with Bristol Fighters, the squadron remained there for ten years before moving to Egypt in 1929.

Total value added is very closely approximated by Total Labor Expense ( including wages, salaries, and benefits ) plus " Cash " Operating Profit ( defined as Operating Profit plus Depreciation Expense, i. e., Operating Profit before Depreciation ).

The first component ( Total Labor Expense ) is a return to labor and the second component ( Operating Profit before Depreciation ) is a return to capital ( including capital goods, land, and other property ).

His work in the technology sector included management positions at Data General and Apollo Computer before joining Sun Microsystems in 1987 where he was later promoted to Chief Operating Officer and President.

Operating out of Gioia del Colle Air Base near Bari, Italy, on each occasion the squadron took over responsibility for supporting the no-fly zone from 23 Squadron before being relieved by 5 Squadron from RAF Coningsby.

She was formerly Chief Operating Officer of the Democratic National Committee, and before that, assistant to the President of the United States, Director of the White House Office of Public Liaison, and Director of White House Political Affairs under President Bill Clinton.

Operating leverage is an attempt to estimate the percentage change in operating income ( earnings before interest and taxes or EBIT ) for a one percent change in revenue.

Operating off Lisbon, Portugal on the outbreak of war, Liebe managed to sink two British freighters before returning to port on 18 September.

In XOSL-OW these stability issues have been solved by an improved A20 Line Switching algorithm and flushing the keyboard buffer before the XOSL boot manager hands over control to either the Ranish Partition manager, the Smart Boot Manager or the Operating System Bootloader.

He additionally held titles as Executive Vice President, corporate group, and Chief Operating Officer before being elected Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of America West in September 2001.

Operating on a diesel generator when power was lost, Barnett and fellow bloggers provided a continuous stream of reports of what was actually happening and, through webcams, live video feeds, and thousands of high resolution pictures, gave the rest of the world a chance to see the looting and destruction firsthand before the rest of the media arrived on the scene.