Faculty of computing, Library and Information Science

GROUP D
DCS
MR. AKANKWASA AURERI.

Assignment:
Write short notes about the history of operating
system.

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NAME REG NO. NAME REG NO.

HISTORY OF OPERATING SYSTEMS.

BRIEF EXPLANATION OF OPERATING SYSTEM:
An operating system acts as an intermediary between the user
and computer system.
TABLE OF CONTENT:

YEAR OF RELEASE TYPE OF OPERATING COMPUTERS THAT CHARACTERSTICS OF

SYSTEM SUPPORTED THE OPERATING SYSTEM
OPERATING SYSTEM

1981 MS-DOS IBM PCS It uses basic system

Commodore 64 commands to
Atari 800 perform a task.
Apple II It is a 16-bit, free
operating system
It is a single user
operating system
It is very light weight
1995 Windows 95 Desktops, Laptops It introduced new
graphical user
interface with start
menu, taskbar and
file management.
It improved stability
and support for 32-
bit applications.
2001 Windows XP Desktops, It is compatible with
Laptops a wide range of
software programs.
It also supports
remote desktop.
2001 macOS X (Cheetah) MacBook, iMac, It supported a full
Power Mac graphical user
interface.
It used UNIX-based
architecture.
It had a wide range
of built-in
applications.
2006 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Desktops, Servers It supports a variety
of hardware

2009 Windows 7 Desktops, Laptops It maintained

support for older
software and
hardware.
There is improved
performance on
multicore
processors.
It supports
multitasking.
2015 Windows 10 Desktops, Laptops, It has enhanced
Tablets remote desktop
control.
It has advanced Shell
and command line
for automating tasks.
2019 macOS Catalina MacBook, iMac, Mac There is cross
Mini platform third party
application support.
It has enhanced
voice control.
2020 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Desktops, Servers, It has preinstalled
Embedded Systems developer tools and
environments for
software
 development.
It has a highly
customizable
graphical user
interface (GNOME).
2021 Android 12 Smartphones, It has layered
Tablets, Smart TVs architecture
including Linux
kernel, middleware
and frameworks that
allows modular
development.
It has a wide support
of programming
languages that offers
flexibility in
application
development.
2018 Windows Server Servers, Enterprise It provides advanced
2019 Desktops storage and data
protection
capabilities.
It has advanced
networking
capabilities like
Direct access
enabling creation
and management of
secure network
environments.

Reference https://www.wikipedia.com

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/ms-dos-operating-system/