Q1 . what are operating systems?

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Operating softwares are the programs or code that help human interaction with other programs/software,hardware ,memory possible with ease.The operating system are also called as system software and the programs that run in the OS are called as appl

Q2 . what is a GUI?

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It stands for Graphical user Interface.It helps users interact graphical with the help visual icons or object and helps users avoid writing code to interact with the system.

Q3 . what is a file system?

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It is a way in which data is stored and organised in a physical data medium.If there is no file system then there will be no structure of storing the data in an operating system.

Q4 . what is multi threading?

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The potential of the operating systems to execute the threads(small processes) parallely across its processors at the same time is called multi threading.

Q5 . what are deadlocks?

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It is a situation in which two resources are waiting for a same resource(Example:printer or scanner) for their completion.This situation in which none of the process can complete is called a deadlock.

Q6 . what is a spooling?

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It is a process of storing the data in a temporary memory so that it can be used by some other device or process.

Q7 . what is LRU algorithm?

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It states that the page being used more will keep being used more and the ones used less will be used less.So the page that is being used more will be available in the top of the data structure used and the one that is being used less will be in the

Q8 . what is segmentation without paging?

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When paging is not used the segments have to be moved to and from the main memory and the secondary memory.

Q9 . what is segmentation with paging?

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In case of segmentation,the entire segment is not moved back and forth but instead only pages are moved back and forth between the main memory and secondary memory.

Q10 . what is print spooling?

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Print spooler is kind of queue in which all the print jobs are stored to be utilised by the printer.

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