The computer's master control program. When a computer is turned on, a small "boot program" loads the operating system. Although additional system modules may be loaded as needed, the main part, known ...

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Everything you do on your computer is the direct result of hardware and software working together. The hardware provides the raw power and functionality that enables the computer to work, and the ...

Lately, I’ve added a fourth OS to turn my system into a HTPC (Home-Theater PC) that I boot into when I have friends over! It also gives me the peace of mind that when I go to the bathroom, they won’t ...

One way or another, you’re interacting with operating systems. Your smartphone uses one, and your tablet and laptop do as well. However, little is said about how the ways we interact with our ...

CPU overhead measures the amount of work a computer's central processing unit can perform and the percentage of that capacity that's used by individual computing tasks. Some of these tasks involve ...

The topic of operating systems is a very common one now, with new gadgets coming out all of the time that now run their own operating systems. But, when you still look at the personal computer, the ...

An operating system designed to work in a network. More complex than a centralized or decentralized architecture, each computer in a distributed system operates and scales independently but is part of ...