Types Of Operating Systems

Almost all computers including handheldvariety of machine architectures. They are used
computers, desktop computers, supercomputersheavily as servers in business, as well as
and video game consoles use an operatingworkstations in academic and engineering
system of some type. If you have installedenvironments. Free UNIX variants, such as GNU
Windows Vista or Windows XP on your systemLinux and BSD, are popular in this area.
then I am quite sure most of you will have noLinux OS
idea about Operating Systems.  This is not yourLinux is a generic term referring to Unix-like
fault because Microsoft Windows operatingcomputer Operating Systems based on the Linux
systems covers almost 90% of the PCkernel. Its development is one of the most
market.   Operating System (OS) is an interfaceprominent examples of free and open source
between the hardware and the user and issoftware collaboration; typically all the source code
responsible for the management and coordinationcan be used, freely modified, and redistributed,
of activities and sharing of resources of theboth commercially and non-commercially, by
computer. Following are different types ofanyone under the terms of the GNU GPL and
Operating Systems:other free software licenses.
Microsoft WindowsLinux is predominantly known for its use in
Recently Microsoft has released Windows 7 asservers, although can be installed on a wide
their latest Windows operating system. Microsoftvariety of computer hardware, ranging from
Windows is a family of proprietary operatingembedded devices , mobile phones and even
systems, meaning that you can not modify orsome watches to supercomputers. Linux
distribute it. When you use Windows Operatingdistributions, installed on both desktop and laptop
system you have some limitations at your side.computers, have become increasingly
Microsoft Windows holds a large amount of thecommonplace in recent years. In short, Linux has
worldwide desktop computing market share. It isbecome an operating system that can be run
also used on servers, supporting applications suchalmost anywhere by almost anyone.
as web servers and database servers. In recentMac OS
years, Microsoft has spent significant marketing,Mac OS is of graphical user interface-based
research & development money to demonstrateoperating systems developed by Apple Inc. for
that Windows is capable of running any enterprisetheir Macintosh line of computer systems. The
application. The most widely used version of theMac OS was first introduced in 1984 with the
Microsoft Windows family is Windows XP,original Macintosh, usually referred as the System
released on October 25, 2001.software. Early versions of Mac OS were
UNIX and UNIX-like operating systemscompatible only with Motorola based Macintoshes
UNIX is a computer operating system originallybut Mac OS X, has superseded the "Classic" Mac
developed in 1969 by a group of AT&TOS and is compatible with both PowerPC and Intel
employees at Bell Labs. Today the term UNIX isprocessors.
used to describe any operating system thatOnline OS
conforms to UNIX standards; meaning that theBesides of above mentioned Operating Systems
core operating system operates the same as thethere are some online Operating Systems that
original UNIX operating system.are browser dependant meaning that when you
The term "Unix-like" is commonly used to refer toclose the web browser operating systems
a large set of operating systems which resembledisappears. Glide OS, OOS and webX are a few
the original UNIX. Unix-like systems run on a wideexamples of online Operating systems.