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Learning Objectives:
To describe the services of operating system which providing to users,to processes, and to other
systems.
To observe the various types of an operating system’sstructuring.
Introduction:
Currently all common operating systems are also graphical user interfaces (GUIs) which means
they use graphics to help the user to easily input instructions, and open other programs.
Experiment:
a. User interface
Identify the differencesbetween Command-Line Interface (CLI) and Graphics User
Interface (GUI).
1. Command-Line Interface
Open Command Prompt (CMD.EXE) in windows PC
type in the name of the drive followed by the colon (:) symbol. In this case,
Drive D :>D:
Create a directory or folder. folder named as “EXAMPLE”
:>mkdirEXAMPLE
Go to the newly created folder using CMD by typing the command.
:>CD EXAMPLE
Create a new file named as “EXtext.txt” in this folder
:> NUL> EXtext.txt
Rename the“EXtext.txt”file as“Welcome.txt”.
:>rename EXtext.txtWelcome.txt
Reboot a computer from command line using the in-built shutdown command
:>shutdown /r
3. Write the differences between Command-Line Interface (CLI) and Graphics User
Interface (GUI).
b. Program execution
Open the windows task manager and click “show Processes from all users” button.
Identify the all users presently executing in process.
Select theone of execution file user as system and check the propertiesof its.
d. Communications
Processes may exchange information on the same computer or between computers over a
network
Write down three communication methods and discuss why suitable that method to
communication.
e. System Calls
System calls can be grouped roughly into five major categories, follow up below functions and
write down method and output of each process.
Functions of Communications:
create, delete communication connection, send, receive messages, transfer status information,
attach and detach remote devices…...