Operating Systems Concepts Questions

• A Processor
• What is the name given to the software which can be legally compiled and often used for free?
• An algorithm is best described as
• The advantage(s) inherent to using high level languages is (are)
• Operating system is
• The details of all external symbols and relocation formation (relocation list or map) is provided to linker by
• A translator is best described as
• A disk scheduling algorithm in an operating system causes the disk arm to move back and forth across the disk surface in order to service all requests in its path. This is a
• Which table is a permanent database that has an entry for each terminal symbol.
• The action of parsing the source program into the proper syntactic classes is known as
• The process of transferring data intended for a peripheral device into a disk (or intermediate store) so that it can be transferred to peripheral at a more convenient time or in bulk, is known as
• When did IBM release the first version of disk operating system DOS version 1.0?
• A development strategy whereby the executive control modules of a system are coded and tested first, is known as
• System programs such as Compilers are designed so that they are
• Trojan-Horse programs
• What is the name of the technique in which the operating system of a computer executes several programs concurrently by switching back and forth between them?
• In which way(s) a macro processor for assembly language can be implemented:
• Block caches or buffer caches are used
• Operating system
• What problem is solved by Dijkstra's banker's algorithm?