A Quick Review of Computers and Operating Systems
or
Why General Foundational Knowledge is More Important than In-Depth Understanding of Some Particular OS
We look at a brief history of operating systems and computers with an acknowledgement that the process appears to be cyclic.
- Mainframe computers
- early single program computers
- multi-program operating systems
- multi-user operating systems
- mini computers with Unix
- Personal computers
- early single program-at-a-time computers and operating systems
- multi-program operating systems
- multi-user operating systems
- Internet computing
- web browsers
- web applets
- web services
- Google as your operating system
Quiz
Quiz 1 was given at the end of the class period.