What is Single-User, Single-Tasking OS?

As the name implies, Single-user-

operating system is designed to manage
the computer so that one user can
effectively do one thing at a time. The Palm
OS for Palm handheld computers is a good
example of a modern single-user, single-
task operating system.

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What is the difference between a single-user and
a multi-user operating system?

 Single-user OS is that OS which support only one

user at a time. for example: DOS, WINDOWS 3X,
WINDOWS 95/97/98 etc.

 Multi-user OS is that which support more than

one users at the same time. in these types of OS
there is a server and all the users are provided
different terminals. these terminals are
connected to the server. for example: UNIX,
LYNIX, WINDOWS VISTA etc.

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Example of OS that design for Sing user:

Palm Operating system

AmigaOS
MS-DOS
Windows 1.0
Windows 2.x
Windows 3.x
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows CE
Mac OS

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 DOS (Disk Operating System) was the first
widely-installed operating system for personal
computers. (Earlier, the same name had been used for
an IBM operating system for a line of business
computers.)

Dos is a single user, single task OS. Once a

process is begun, it must be allowed to run until
finished before the same process can be used again.

there are several version of DOS.that are DR-

DOS,free DOS,MS-DOS,Novell DOS,Open DOS,PC-
DOS,PTS-DOS,ROM-DOS and several others.

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Later Windows 3.1 was released in 1992 by
Microsoft and was one of the first major PC
GUI operating systems widely used.
Windows 3.1 allowed users to utilize
several features previously not available in
MS-DOS.

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Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented graphical user interface-
based operating system. It was released on August 24, 1995 by
Microsoft,[2] and was a significant progression from the
company's previous Windows products. During development it
was referred to as Windows 4.0 or by the internal codename
Windows Chicago.

It features significant improvements over its

predecessor, Windows 3.1, most visibly in the graphical user
interface (GUI). There were also major changes made at lower
levels of the operating system.

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A computer known as the Amiga or A1000 that was first
released by Commodore in 1985. Commodore later
released other models that include the A500, A500+, A600,
A1200, A2000, A3000 and A4000.

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Windows Millennium, also known as Windows ME, was
introduced September 14, 2000 to the general public as
the upgrade for Windows 95 and Windows 98 users and
is designed for end-users. Overall, Windows ME has the
look and feel of Windows 98 with some additional fixes
and features not available in previous operating
systems.

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Mac OS 9 is the latest public release of the Apple
operating system, which includes new and unique
features not found in any other operating system.

Sherlock 2 - Which offers the capability of quickly

searching and purchasing online.

3D acceleration - Support for technologies such as

Share files:- Share files and folders over the Internet
with other Mac users.

TCP/IP - Provides access to TCP/IP networks.etc..

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Microsoft Windows CE 1.0 was originally released in
1996 to compete in the Palm Device Assistant
Category. Windows CE, as shown below, has many of
the same features as Windows 95.

In addition to the look of Windows 95, Windows CE

also includes similar applications such as Pocket
Excel, Pocket Word, and Pocket Power.

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http://www.scribd.com
http://en.kioskea.net/contents/systemes
http://www.computerhope.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system

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