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Lessons

Computer Overview

History of Computer

Generation of Computer

Types of Computer

Computer Software

Operating System : MS-DOS and MS-WINDOWS

Operating System

MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System)

Internal and External Commands Used in MS-DOS

Introduction to Windows

Word Processing Program: MS-Word

Spreadsheet Program: MS-Excel

Presentation Software

Web Page Designing : HTML

Information and Communication Technology

Computer Ethics and Cyber Law

Computer Virus

Computer Networking

Number System

Computer Graphics

Multimedia and its Application

Program Designing Tools

Fundamental Knowledge of Computer Programming

Computer Programming in QBASIC

Overview
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An OS is a collection of system program that together controls the operations of the computer system. This noteRegister Login
description of the Operating System.

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Operating System

The computer system is a collection of different hardware components. So we need software that could perform the basic tasks such
as recognizing input from the input devices, sending output to the output devices, keeping tracks of files and directories on the disk
and control computer peripheral devices like mouse, printer, scanners etc. An OS is a collection of system program that controls the
operations of the computer system. It activates and recognizes the hardware devices and provides the operating environment for other
application software. It acts as the intermediary between a user and the computer hardware. It has major two objectives, first is to
activate the hardware devices and other is to provide an interactive interface to the user and interpret commands so that it can
communicate with the hardware. Example UNIX, MS-DOS, MS-Windows, Linux etc.

Functions of Operating System

File and folder management
Device management
Memory management
Security management
Help to run application software for user
Process and management

Types of Operating System

Operating system are categorized into different types on the basis of mode of use and user.
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Based on mode of user, operating system are classified into two types: Register
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Single user operating system: This is the type of computer system which is mostly used in desktop and laptop. It generally
provides a simple computer system, which facilitates the running of a variety of software packages as well as it allows users to
develop and execute programs of their own.
Multi-user operating system: The multi-user operating system allows concurrent access by multiple users of a computer. It allows
many different users to take advantage of the computer resources simultaneously. It is often used in business and offices where
different users need to access the same resources, but these resources cannot be installed on every system.

We can classify the operating system on the basis user interface like command or character user interface operating system and
graphical user interface operating system.

1. Command or Character-based User Interface (CUI)

CUI is a traditional user interface. It provides the interactive terminal where a user could enter the command to interpret. It was the
only common place to communicate between a program and its user. Now a day also, we are using this command based interface.

2. Graphical User Interface (GUI)

With the advancement of technology, the computer system has become quicker and cheaper. Operating environment has also
changed. This lead the development of graphical user interface where users can interact with the computer using picture and graphs,
rather than character and commands. It displays the icon, buttons, dialog box etc. Popular GUI is Microsoft Windows.

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