What's a stand-alone operating system?

Question

Taking a test and don't know what the heck this is
stand-alone operating system

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Answer 1

a stand alone operating system is a system that is independent of another for example windows 3.1 ,95,98 were all a shell based on the ms-dos operating system to put it in simpler terms windows was a dressed up version of ms-dos with all the bells and whistles to be more appealing to the eye and be more user friendly . later versions of windows were independent of the ms-dos operating system hence they are known as "stand alone operating systems" .

Answer 2

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A stand-alone operating system is a system that is independent of another for example windows 3.1,95, 98 were all a shell based on the ms-dos operating system to put it in simpler terms windows was a dressed up version of ms-dos with all the bells and whistles to be more appealing to the eye and be more user friendly . later versions of windows were independent of the ms-dos operating system hence they are known as "stand alone operating systems". A few operating systems that can run on IBM compatible PCs: Windows (any version) Linux (any distro) Macintosh (possible but not legally)

Answer 3

Stand-alone operating systems are complete operating systems that run on personal computers and on mobile devices such as tablet computers and smartphones.

Answer 4

As the Wikipedia reference says, "stand-alone" is a loaded word, maybe even overloaded, but it would help to understand exactly what an "operating system" is before trying to decide whether it is stand-alone or not.

An operating system is a program that executes some time after the computer is turned on. It is loaded into computer random access memory by another program such as a boot-strap loader, basic input-output system (BIOS), or an already running operating system program.

The purpose of an operating system is to control the execution of other programs. If an operating system is loaded into memory, begins execution, never exits, and never permanently relinquishes execution to another program it can be considered a "stand-alone operating system".

One operating system used on early PCs was MS-DOS (MicroSoft - Disk Operating System) which was loaded into memory from disk by a BIOS program which was executed from read-only memory (ROM) by hardware design. After it was started, MS-DOS was a stand-alone operating system for the PC.

Early versions of MicroSoft Windows were not stand-alone operating systems. They were a "shell" program that was initiated by MS-DOS. MS-DOS remained active to offer services to Windows which, after starting, still depended on the underlying MS-DOS to perform certain system functions.

Until an operating system is installed and given control, any program can be "booted" (loaded into memory and executed) and this program does not necessarily need an operating system to run. It can provide for itself any services that an operating system would provide. Such programs are often used in embedded computer applications where the computer is dedicated to performing a single specific function. This kind of program never stops execution until power is removed from the computer, or until the computer is "re-booted" to allow another program to load. They are called stand-alone application programs. Because they never allow other programs to independently execute they cannot be considered operating systems.

Answer 5

Windows ME,SE,2000,XP are stand alone operating systems.

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Answer 7

OS which stands on its own legs

Answer 8

Answer here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-alone