Operating System Interview Question and Answers
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What is Throughput, Turnaround time, waiting time and Response time? |
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- Throughput : number of processes that complete their execution per time unit.
- Turnaround time : amount of time to execute a particular process.
- Waiting time : amount of time a process has been waiting in the ready queue.
- Response time : amount of time it takes from when a request was submitted until the firstresponse is produced, not output (for time-sharing environment).
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What are the various components of a computer system? |
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- The hardware
- The operating system
- The application programs
- The users.
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What is a Real-Time System? |
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A real time process is a process that must respond to the eventswithin a certain time period. A real time operating system is an operating system that can run realtime processes successfully. |
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Explain the concept of the Distributed systems? |
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Distributed systems work in a network. They can share the network resources,communicate with each other. |
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What is SCSI? |
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SCSI - Small computer systems interface is a type of interface used for computer components such as hard drives, optical drives, scanners and tape drives. It is a competing technology to standard IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics). |
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