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Operating System Articles
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What are the differences between Mega and Ubuntu One?
Let us understand the concepts of Mega and Ubuntu One before learning the differences between them.MegaMega is a cloud storage and file hosting service developed by MEGA Ltd in the year 2013. It was written by using the languages C++, java script, java and C. The Mega services offered by using web based apps.It was the largest free cloud storage across the world with 20 GB storage allocation for free accounts. Mega supports Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Browser extension operating systems. It provides Cloud storage, File hosting service and Remote backup service.FeaturesThe features of Mega are ...
Read MoreWhat are the differences between ZumoDrive and ShareFile?
Let us understand the concepts of ZumoDrive and ShareFile before learning the differences between them.ZumoDriveIt was owned by Zecter in 2009. It is the hybrid cloud storage which is used to store all your media. It is supported by Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, webOS operating system.It is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall. When we install it, it will add a context menu handler to the Windows shell in order to provide quick access to the program.zumodrive.exe is an executable program which has seen to consume an average CPU of less than one percent, ...
Read MoreExplain JMeter installation in macOS
JMeter installation is done in MacOS by following the below steps −Step1 − Navigate to the below URL −https://jmeter.apache.org/download_jmeter.cgiStep2 − Navigate to the section Apache JMeter , then click on the link with the .tgz file(to download) as highlighted below −Step3 − Click on the downloaded file, a folder named: apache-jmeter-5.4.3 gets created. Here, 5.4.3 is the JMeter version. Open the folder, we should have the content as shown below −Step4 − Open Terminal and navigate to the location of the bin folder(which is within the apache-jmeter-5.4.3 folder) and run the below command −sh jmeter.shAfter successfully running the above command, ...
Read MoreWhat is file hierarchy structure and how does it solve the naming problem?
Linux File Hierarchy Structure is defining the directory structure and the contents of the directory which have been alike to the Unix-like Operating Systems. It is maintained by the Linux Foundation.They are being used for looking at all files and the directories which appear under the root directory. They can be looked upon even if they have been stored on different physical or virtual devices.Even if some of these directories only exist on the particular systems or certain subsystems that can include the OS X, Windows System is installed.ImportanceThe importance of file hierarchy structure is given below −The biggest importance ...
Read MoreDifferentiate between process switch and mode switch in OS
A process is defined as a program in execution and an entity that represents the basic unit of work to be implemented in the system.Process switchIt is defined as that the processor switches from one thread/process to another thread or process. It makes the contents of the CPU registers and instruction pointer to be saved.For the new task, the registers and instruction pointer are loaded into the processor then the execution of the new process may start/resume.The old programs will not execute further, but the state of that process is saved in memory because when the kernel decides that it ...
Read MoreWhat are the principles of user-interface design?
User Interface Design is the design of the interface or system which is directly accessible by the user and they interact with in order to do a task. It establishes the way with which the user will interact with the product.Its main aim is to enhance the appearance of the product, the quality of technology used and the usability of the product. It refers to the software or the hardware of the system which the user can see and also the various ways or commands to control or use the product.It focuses on the looks or how the app or ...
Read MoreDifferentiate between Interface design and Interaction design
Let us understand the concepts of user interface and user interaction designs respectively.User Interface DesignThe design of the user interface is directly accessible by the user and they interact with in order to do a task. It establishes the way with which the user will interact with the product.Its main aim is to enhance the appearance of the product, the quality of technology used, and the usability of the product. It refers to the software or the hardware of the system which the user can see and also the various ways or commands to control or use the product.It focuses ...
Read MoreWhat are Good and Bad Interface Designs?
Generally, an interface acts as a shared boundary across two or more separate components of a computer system that are used to exchange information. Those exchanges can be between software, computer hardware, peripheral devices, etc.Now let us discuss the good interface and bad interface.A good interface design is user friendly. This is because it is easy to navigate, easy to use, easy to understand, interactive and effective. A good design should always be clear and user centric.Features −ClearConsistentSimpleUser controlledForgivingProvide feedbackSome of the Examples of Good Interface design −Elastic Scrolling on iOSDropbox’s responsive colour system.Pinterest’s waterfall effectA bad interface design is ...
Read MoreWhat is an application and system program?
Application ProgramApplication programs are programs that are developed for end-users. These programs provide an application to the end-user and hence used by them. They are loaded into the system according to the needs of the user.The examples include web browsers, Email, gaming, etc.System ProgramSystem Programs are the programs that are used to develop and program the operating system. They act as middleware between the user interface and system calls.The end-user while interacting with the OS uses application programs that in turn give rise to various system calls and the tasks are executed. Also, an OS provides services to run the ...
Read MoreWhat is operating system debugging and booting?
First, let us understand operating system debugging.Operating system debuggingDebugging is the process of binding and fixing the error, in an operating system both hardware and software problems can be fixed with the help of debugging.When there is a problem in the performance of the operating system the user needs to debug the operating system, so that the performance problem will be solved and remove all the error and fix the error for running smoothly.Debugging is the process where the user needs to analyse the failure and after seeing the failures they can check the performance and find out the error ...
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