OS Fundamentals

This defines how data on your device is managed, stored organized, and accessed:

What controls most functions of a computer?

Single-task: OS is able to manage resources to perform multiple simultaneous operations

Which is not one of the most common access controls?

What is the term for the core component of the OS, which manages interaction between user, applications, and hardware?

What is an executing instance of an application?

any hardware component or peripheral attached to a computer

A file system defines the way data is named, stored, organized, and accessed.

Single-task: OS manages one thing at a time effectively (ie printer)

What type of access control is it when Access Control Lists are used?

Another name for Operating system

Where non-privileged user accounts are only granted access to what is authorized

True or False. The person using a computer/device is known as the user?

What allows communications between an OS and an attached device?

Allows a user to interface with applications, system software and the hardware

a computer program that operates or controls a device attached to a computer

True or False. The privileged account in Linux is Root?

The priviledged account in Windows is?

Executable code designed to carry out specific tasks on the computer is?

This is the physical hard drive that is the primary storage hardware/component within a computing device.

What category of OS allows one or more servers to be grouped together for load balancing?

What is the core component of an OS, and manages the interaction between user, applications, and hardware?