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DEFINITION: What is an operating system? An operating system (sometimes abbreviated as "OS") is the program that, after being initially loaded into the computer by a boot program, manages all the other programs in a computer. The other programs are called applications or application programs. The application programs make use of the operating system by making requests  … 
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Recent Vendor Reports on Operating Systems
A Comparison of Deep Freeze and Persystent Enterprise
sponsored by Persystent Technologies
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 03 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008
SUMMARY: Deep Freeze is an Operating System state management tool which is used to "reset" the OS to a defined state and the function has an effect much like restoring a virtual machine "snapshot."

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Enable a Flexible, Efficient IT Infrastructure: Virtualization with Logical Domains and Sun Coolthreads™ Servers
sponsored by Insight and Sun Microsystems, Inc
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 20 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2007
SUMMARY: By taking advantage of Sun virtualization technologies, organizations can architect, implement, and manage a consolidated datacenter that strikes the proper balance between absolute isolation and soft, flexible separation of applications.

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Consolidation through Virtualization with Sun™ x64 Servers
sponsored by Insight and Sun Microsystems, Inc
PRODUCT LITERATURE:   Posted: 19 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2008
SUMMARY: Sun Fire™ x64 servers and Sun Blade™ modular systems powered by AMD Opteron™ and Intel® Xeon® processors let businesses run the Solaris™ Operating System (OS), Linux or Windows today, and change direction tomorrow.

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The Next-Generation Development and Deployment Platform
sponsored by AMD
PRODUCT LITERATURE:   Posted: 19 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008
SUMMARY: This white paper discusses a multi-core design for generating the code essential for Windows and .NET applications. Explore a hardware and software combination that allows developers to generate code specifically for the latest generation of processors.

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Coding Tips Using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Targeting Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ Processors
sponsored by AMD
PRODUCT LITERATURE:   Posted: 18 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007
SUMMARY: With New "Barcelona" (CPUID) family 10h) processors, including Third-Generation AMD Opteron Processors software developers will enjoy improved instruction selections when using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008.

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Proactive PCI Compliance and Threat Mitigation Using OpenService InfoCenter
sponsored by OpenService, Inc.
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 17 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008
SUMMARY: InfoCenter components are open, standards-based software solutions that run on each customer's choice of hardware and storage, allowing them unfettered access to their event data.

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Today's Data Center Challenges
sponsored by Stratavia
PRODUCT LITERATURE:   Posted: 10 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008
SUMMARY: Stratavia's award-winning data center automation software, Data Palette, centralizes standard operating procedures and uses an expert engine to deliver those standards across the data center.

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Three Steps to Creating Next Generation of Enterprise Business
sponsored by Workday
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 10 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008
SUMMARY: Workday sees an opportunity to deliver revolutionary improvements at all levels of application development, Workday is capturing this opportunity by embracing innovation from the ground up.

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Virtualization - The Added Complexity of VM Management
sponsored by Tideway Systems
WEBCAST:   Posted: 10 May 2008 | When: Available On Demand
SUMMARY: Join Peter O’Neill and Kosten Metreweli to learn and implement continuous control to manage virtual machine sprawl and understand and manage impact of virtualization on software licensing.

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Implementing a PLC Calibration Routine to Ensure Accurate Instrument Readings
sponsored by AutomationDirect
TECHNICAL ARTICLE:   Posted: 02 May 2008 | Published: 30 Apr 2008
SUMMARY: The calibration method described in this article can be applied to any analog measurement such as pressure, amperage, weight, length or force.

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OPERATING SYSTEMS DEFINITION (continued): …  for services through a defined application program interface (API). In addition, users can interact directly with the operating system through a user interface such as a command language or a graphical user interface (GUI).

An operating system performs these services for applications:

  • In a multitasking operating system where multiple programs can be running at the same time, the operating system determines which applications should run in what order and how much time should be allowed for each application before giving another application a turn.
  • It … 
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