What is a user interface?

Controls how you enter data & how it is displayed on screen

ROM chips that store permanent instructions

Multitasking OS developed in the 70s at Bell Labs

UNIX-like OS that runs on many different devices

What is a graphical user interface?

Interaction via menus by touching, clicking, pointing, etc

OS created by Microsoft in the 80s

OS created by Apple to go with their Macintoshline

What is a mobile operating system?

OS on mobile devices and many consumer electronics

OS created by Google to work primarily with webapps

What is an operating system?

A set of programs that controls everything on a computer

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Operating Systems IT 1

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What is a user interface?
Set of programs that control everything on a computer
Ports on the back of a computer
The operating system a computer uses
Controls how you enter data & how it is displayed on screen
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What is firmware?
The programs found within a computer
ROM chips that store permanent instructions
Metal disk used to hold applications
Physical items used to control a computer
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What is UNIX?
Multitasking OS developed in the 70s at Bell Labs
OS created by Microsoft in the 80s
UNIX-like OS that runs on many different devices
OS created by Apple to go with their Macintoshline
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What is Linux?
UNIX-like OS that runs on many different devices
OS created by Microsoft in the 80s
OS created by Apple to go with their Macintoshline
OS created by Google to work primarily with webapps
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What is a graphical user interface?
Interaction via menus by touching, clicking, pointing, etc
Processor that creates images and displays them on screen
Uses ordinary, intuitive behavior to interact with the UI
Users type commands represented by abbreviations or words
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What is Windows?
OS created by Microsoft in the 80s
OS created by Apple to go with their Macintosh line
OS created by Google to work primarily with web apps
UNIX-like OS that runs on many different devices
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What is OS X?
UNIX-like OS that runs on many different devices
OS created by Google to work primarily with webapps
OS created by Apple to go with their Macintoshline
OS created by Microsoft in the 80s
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What is a mobile operating system?
OS that organizes how users access stuff on a network
OS on mobile devices and many consumer electronics
OS that runs on embedded devices
Complete OS that works on desktops, laptops, tablets, etc
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What is Chrome OS?
OS created by Apple to go with their Macintoshline
OS created by Microsoft in the 80s
OS created by Google to work primarily with webapps
UNIX-like OS that runs on many different devices
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What is an operating system?
Permanently installed software located on ROM chips
Performs hardware initialization at startup
An application used to create images
A set of programs that controls everything on a computer

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