2006-07-08 01:44:14 · 6 answers · asked by aizzo 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
The kernel, i think it is.
Your question isn't to clear about what OS or why exactly you want to know.
2006-07-08 01:49:40 · answer #1 · answered by jason b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Microsoft windows has a huge cluster-glump of 'system', & 'sub-system', folders, wide open to the world, and all linked to
through the Registry entries, Dynamic Links, and virus-like macros. No two boot-ups will be the same, even for the same machine!
A real nightmare to set up, administer, and keep evil doers out of, Microsoft products are closed, and the user is locked-in to forced upgrades! And, the fact that the System hands-off total control to IE, OE, or any 'program' are the Achilles heel of the DOS based kluge. It is a huge worm pile, with a large resource overhead required, just to maintain.
Microsoft is Pay as you go, buy every game, application, program ala carte, and "no fries with that, costs extra!" poor service.
Unix, POSIX, and variants/clones - BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution -1984), Unix (Bell Labs - AT&T -1969), GNU/Linux (Linux Torvalds - 1991) all have a protected '/' (Root), only accessable to the Root User, or Admin, locally or remotely from anywhere in the world.
There are 465 variants, reviewed and monitored, linked to for free downloads, at http://distrowatch.com
There are 310 LiveCDs at http://livecdlist.com
My favories: http://pclinuxos.com http://kubuntu.org
Typical CD comes with 1,600 to 5,000 GAMES, programs, applications, Suites, Astronomy programs (MIT developed!), and, forensic files!
Microsoft.com and Hotmail.com each run on 15,000 Linux Servers. Google.com runs on 100,000 clustered servers.
Yahoo.com runs on FreeBSD servers. They stay up until the kernel is completely changed out, often two to three years.
All can be remotely administered, worldwide.
It requires 8 Microsoft Servers and two technicians to replace one Linux or BSD server, and to maintain them, locally, through an average 10 to 12 day 'up-cycle'. The record is 14 days of operation for an IIS Microsoft server.
2006-07-08 09:15:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What part of the world spins when its daytime?
What part of water is wet?
What part of the engine is used when the car is running?
What part of a plane is used when its flying?
What part of a basketball is used when its played with?
So, what part of the O/S runs when the computer is on?
All of it, or some of it. It just depends on the point of your question.
2006-07-08 09:04:17 · answer #3 · answered by Lord Tyrant 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's an almost impossible question to answer. It partly depends on what other program your running at the time.
It's kind of like asking, What part of the brain do you use when your awake? = All of it really.
2006-07-08 08:52:19 · answer #4 · answered by space_man_stitch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the background OS services are running use Ctrl + Alt + del and goto TASKMANAGER and PROCESSESS to see whats running
2006-07-08 08:50:42 · answer #5 · answered by Jacob H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
click clt +alt+ delete and u click processing - u will see what is currently running
2006-07-08 08:50:53 · answer #6 · answered by maxclark153 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋