Topic: Introduction to Operating Systems. Windows, Unix Operating Systems, Mac OS X

After studying the chapter you will be able to:

• define the operating system;
• characterize the type s of operating system cores;
• define desktop operating systems;
• characterize the possibilities of desktop operating systems;
• explain working with desktop operating systems.
• distinguish individual types of systems according to deployment and use.

Keywords: Operating system, system, kernel, kernel, application interface, software, Unix, OS X, Linux, Windows.