computer operating systems from 1951 to the current day. For a narrative explaining the overall developments, see the History of operating systems. 1951...
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illumos distribution for cloud computing with Kernel-based Virtual Machine integration. RTEMS (Real-Time Executive for Multiprocessor Systems) Syllable Desktop...
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version of Niklaus Wirth's operating system Oberon. It is small, fast, supports multiprocessing computers, and provides soft real-time computing operation....
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machine operating systems used on IBM mainframes System/370, System/390, zSeries, System z and compatible systems, including the Hercules emulator for personal...
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Versatile Real-Time Executive (VRTX) is a real-time operating system (RTOS) developed and marketed by the company Mentor Graphics. VRTX is suitable for both...
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UNOS is a discontinued real-time operating system (RTOS); it was the first 32-bit Unix-like system with real-time extensions.[citation needed] It was developed...
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Michael S. (4 March 1991). A Common Interface Real-Time Multiprocessor Operating System for Embedded Systems (PDF) (Technical report). Archived (PDF) from...
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specialized classes of operating systems (special-purpose operating systems), such as embedded and real-time systems, exist for many applications. Security-focused...
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innovative in its time and influenced the design of the Acme text editor for the Plan 9 from Bell Labs operating system. The system also evolved into...
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RTEMS (redirect from Real-Time Executive for Multiprocessor Systems)
Real-Time Executive for Multiprocessor Systems (RTEMS), formerly Real-Time Executive for Missile Systems, and then Real-Time Executive for Military Systems...
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Waterloo includes a Real Time Operating Systems course and an associated "Train lab", where students must develop a real-time operating system (RTOS) to control...
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Idris is a discontinued multi-tasking, Unix-like, multi-user, real-time operating system released by Whitesmiths, of Westford, Massachusetts. The product...
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In loosely-coupled multiprocessor systems, each processor has its own local memory, input/output (I/O) channels, and operating system. Processors exchange...
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of a computer's operating system that always has complete control over everything in the system. The kernel is also responsible for preventing and mitigating...
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OCLC 44267964. Haris Javaid; Sri Parameswaran (2014). Pipelined Multiprocessor System-on-Chip for Multimedia. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-01113-4. OCLC 869378184...
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Computer multitasking (redirect from Operating system multitasking)
available in some operating systems for computers as small as DEC's PDP-8; it is a core feature of all Unix-like operating systems, such as Linux, Solaris...
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Comprehensive Operating System (GCOS, /ˈdʒiːkoʊs/; originally GECOS, General Electric Comprehensive Operating Supervisor) is a family of operating systems oriented...
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Argon — a series of military real-time computers AS-6 (АС-6) – multiprocessor computing complex, name is Russian abbreviation for "Connection Equipment – 6"...
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communications, and sparse time approaches is Real-Time Systems: Design Principles for Distributed Embedded Applications in 1997. Use of TT systems was popularized...
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RTLinux (redirect from Real time Linux)
realtime real-time operating system (RTOS) microkernel that runs the entire Linux operating system as a fully preemptive process. The hard real-time property...
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as kernel operations", especially for operating systems running on constrained hardware and real-time systems. While the 4.4BSD implementation got rid...
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OS/360 and successors (redirect from IBM System/360 Operating System)
known as IBM System/360 Operating System, is a discontinued batch processing operating system developed by IBM for their then-new System/360 mainframe...
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BIOS (redirect from Basic Integrated Operating System)
Input/Output System, also known as the System BIOS, ROM BIOS, BIOS ROM or PC BIOS) is firmware used to provide runtime services for operating systems and programs...
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from the System/360 Model 67" (i.e., it was now generally available) It included "multiprocessor configurations, with a high degree of system availability"...
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Database (redirect from Database management systems)
a DBMS through the underlying operating system (and often using the operating systems' file systems as intermediates for storage layout), storage properties...
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Hypervisor (section Operating system support)
hypervisor presents the guest operating systems with a virtual operating platform and manages the execution of the guest operating systems. Unlike an emulator,...
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Process (computing) (redirect from Process (operating system))
with each of the process' threads in operating systems that support threads or child processes. The operating system keeps its processes separate and allocates...
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Distributed computing (redirect from Distributed systems)
unifies the memory across all individual systems. A model that is closer to the behavior of real-world multiprocessor machines and takes into account the use...
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prerequisite for the new virtual memory operating systems (DOS/VS, OS/VS1, OS/VS2). A tightly coupled multiprocessor (MP) model was available, as was the...
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Plurix (redirect from Tropix (operating system))
preemptive real-time Unix-like operating system for PCs. At the user level, TROPIX bears a reasonable similarity to the UNIX operating system. Processes...
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