what are the different operating system
2006-08-18 19:51:51 · 12 answers · asked by sweetie 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
There are so many but if your buying a new computer or upgrading you want to go with an XP or perhaps in the near future vista.
but windows 1.0 , 2.0 ,3.0 ,95 , 98 ,98 second edition, 2000 , ME , XP home , Xp professional , Xp media center , vista series. Are most of them I know I am missing at least 1 or two.
2006-08-18 19:58:01 · answer #1 · answered by SummerRain Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
before telling the types of operating system i will say what is meant by operating system.
An operating system is a collection of software programs that controls and maintains the hardware(includes all devices installed in computer internally or externally) and software(includes driver as well as application softwares) resources in the computer.
The different types of operating systems are
1) Microsoft windows XP,98,2000,2003,ME,NT.,
2)LINUX --- FEDORO CORE.,
3)MS-DOS-- MS DOS 6.22s latest
4)MAC-OS--- MAC OS 9 is latest in this version
5)UNIX
6)IBM OS
Among these the most widely used OS is Microsft windows ,and others comes the next.
windows is user friendly there are service pack 1,2,3 available as latest versions.
THANK YOU
2006-08-18 20:26:07 · answer #2 · answered by JEGADEV 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Operating System is the interface between man and machine.
Operating systems are of various kinds
--Single User( window 98, Win ME, Win XP Home etc)
--Multiple User(Windows 2000,Win XP professional,Unix, Lynux etc)
there are client server versions of network OS(multiple users)
Further there are
--Command based (DOS operating system)
--Unix
User Friendly
--Windows
--Lynux
2006-08-18 20:00:50 · answer #3 · answered by zombie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dear Sweetie, Windows XP, professional and 64 bit(three distinct types). Then IBM's OS/2, Unix, Linux and don't forget Apple's OS
2006-08-18 19:55:44 · answer #4 · answered by Freddy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
os = operating system
win 95
win 98
win 2000
win xp
in general os is the remote control from which u control all of the commands get that !
2006-08-18 19:57:15 · answer #5 · answered by Hassham 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are different editions of LINUX
There are different editions of UNIX.
There are different editions of WIndows (most popular)
2006-08-18 19:57:48 · answer #6 · answered by Hasnain R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Linux/Unix and Windows are the most prevalent, but there are many more.
2006-08-18 19:54:28 · answer #7 · answered by DL 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the most popular is
windows (xp, 98, 95, )
Linux (red hat, mepis)
UNIX (mac)
dos
and many many many specialty and minor ones
2006-08-18 19:56:45 · answer #8 · answered by brinlarrr 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Microsoft XP, 2000, and so on and so forth.
2006-08-18 19:54:30 · answer #9 · answered by Lucy Lu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are more than you likely care about:
Linux
Mac OSX
Windows
BSD
Solaris
Irix
DOS and FreeDOS
Unix
Netware
Mac OS9 and below
2006-08-18 19:55:42 · answer #10 · answered by bogus_dude 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋