the cost of running either was far greater than that of running DOS. Enter MINIX, an operating system developed from the ground up by Andrew S. Tanenbaum, a college professor. MINIX was part of a lesson plan used to teach students the inner-workings of an operating system. Tanenbaum had written a book on MINIX called “Operating System” and anyone who had picked up a copy would find the 12,000 lines of code that comprised MINIX itself. This was a big issue; due to the fact that all know (well published)
Final Project Report -- Lottery scheduling in user mode on Minix 3 Author: Tingting Xu, Yuanyuan Xie, Haitao Huang Professor: Dr. Yang Course: COEN 283 Operating System Abstract This document describes the final project for the course COEN 283 – Operating System. The project is team oriented, main goal is to select a topic related the Operating System concepts that should be either theoretical, in which new algorithm is analysis and simulate, in
For the very start of this story about Linux we would like to define, in simple lines, what would be the Linux and its properties. Linux is an operating system, much like any other operating system but with a dose of uniqueness, that is based on the model of custom and open source free software research and development as well as the flexible movement on the market. This system was meant to be free from the first time it was made and published. It happened to be that the Intel x86-based pc’s were
well-organized curriculum covering various aspects of Computer Science among which a few subjects caught my close attention. The field of Operating Systems acquainted me with a whole new array of ideas. To understand those concepts better, I worked with ‘Minix’ operating systems which ... ... middle of paper ... ...portunity, but also a great challenge in terms of security. The idea of making a commendable contribution to the computing world by helping protect the information has led me towards building
Linux or Windows? Open Software versus Proprietary software? When most people think of the best operating system, they first think of Windows and the OSX. However, Linux and many of its open source software are becoming more predominantly emerging in the current day and age. Linux widely touted for its small user base but Cost free, High Security, flexible user control and stability. Windows for it’s largely user base and wide customer range and support. In this paper, I will be discussing and doing
Linux is an operating system developed by Linus Benedicts Torvalds. The operation system is the key of communication between the software and the hardware. Linux is a free and open-source software1 built around the Linux kernel. The first event leading to its creation is the conception of the UNIX operating system implemented by Ken Thomson and Dennis Ritchie in 1969 and first released in 1970. They rewrote it to make it portable and it became widely adopted, copied and modified by academic institutions
In the beginning of the age of the modern computer, programmers worked around the clock, creating code for their employers for use in proprietary computer systems. These elite programmers enjoyed challenging one another and frequently enjoyed stretching modern systems to their limits. These programmers became know as "hackers" for their talents at dissecting and working around difficult problems, often searching for the most elegant or most efficient solution possible. Unlike the vision of hackers
story took place in 1988’s, Linux had enrolled at the University of Helsinki [2]. He had bought a PC, but wanted to create an operating system which could greatly enhance the limited capabilities of the Intel 80386 microprocessor [2]. He started with MINIX, a Unix-inspired operating system developed by Professor Tanenbaum [2]. However, he was not impressed with the system in general, especially its inability to do terminal emulation which is needed by Linus to connect to the university’s computers [2]
Table of contents Num. Title Page 1. Table of contents 1 2. Appreciation 2 3. Introduction 2 4. History 3 5. Platform dependencies 4 6. Programming language used 5 7. Operating system (OS) model used 6 8. Hardware 7 9. Software 8 10. Cost 9 11. Reliability 10 12. Security 11 13. User-Friendly 12 14. Conclusion 13 15. References 14 Introduction An operating system (OS) is an intermediate program which used to run other program in a computer. OS is considered as backbone
1. Herman Hollerith was born on February 29, 1860 in Buffalo, New York. He graduated from the Columbia School of Mines in 1879 after studying engineering among various other topics. Shortly after, Herman worked as an assistant to his former teacher at the U.S. Census Bureau. Working as a statistician, he revealed the problems of dealing with large amounts of data by hand. The 1880s census took seven and a half years to complete, and the 1890s census was expected to take much longer due to the rise
An Operating system is system software that controls the system’s hardware that interacts with users and the application software. As we all may know, Windows Microsoft has always been a commercial high-level sale in the retail industry and an in domain operating system used today. But there are more operating systems than just Windows Microsoft than the general population may assume. Linux is another well-known operating systems, which is free and open-source software. Linux is also used in companies
This report is going to talk about history of operating system, current development of the Open Source operating system (we are taking Linux operating system) and Windows operating system, evolving of operating system and comparison between Open Source and Proprietary System such as Windows. Besides that, we will take a deep look on how old operating system is being replaced by modern operating system in this fast developed technology era on evolving of operating system part. Here we will introduce
Information Technology and Cultural Imperialism At what point does information technology become not merely convenient, but indispensable in societies? That is, can countries that have previously been isolated geographically, culturally, and / or economically continue to do so by “opting-out” of the very technologies that are pulling the world together now? Do countries have a right to national isolation, if they choose it? Can they still retain the values and traditions of their culture