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Types of Operating Systems (Part 2)Types of Operating Systems (Part 2)This article is continued from previous article. 2. Network Operating System A network operating system is an operating system that supports the network. A network operating system typically resides on a server and controls the devices or computers connected to the network. The examples of the network operating system are: * Windows NT Server 1) Windows NT Server Windows NT Server is developed by Microsoft for Client/Server networks. The Server in the network uses this operating system and the Client computer uses Windows NT workstation or some other (personal computer) version of Windows operating system. 2) Windows 2000 Server Windows 2000 Server is an upgraded form of Windows NT Server. It is also used in networking. It consists of three products:
3) UNIX UNIX is a multi-user and multi-tasking operating system. It is very popular operating system used in microcomputers to Supercomputer. It provides the command line interface. It was developed at AT&T Bell Laboratories of USA. It was specially developed at AT&T for their own minicomputers. Microsoft Company of USA also developed a version of UNIX, which is named as XENIX. It is mainly used in network environment because it has powerful security features. 4) Solaris Solaris is a version of UNIX. It was developed by Sun Microsystems. It is a network operating system designed specifically for F-commerce applications. It has very advanced security features and is used for online transactions systems. The client computers also use a version of Solaris called CDE (Common Desktop Environment). 5) Novell's Netware Novell's Netware is network operating system designed for client/server networks. It has two portions. Server portion: It resides on the network server. Client portion: It resides on each client computer connected to the network. The Server portion of the network operating system controls the devices’ such as printers, computers connected to the network as well as manages the files and application software on the Server. The Client portion establishes the communication between Client computer and the Server. The Client computers also have their own operating systems such as Windows, DOS etc. 3. Embedded Operating System Different special electronic devices (or handheld computers) are also controlled by the operating systems that are stored into a ROM chip. These operating systems are called the Embedded Operating Systems. The examples of embecl4ed Operating system are: * Windows CE i) Windows CE Windows CE is designed for the use in wireless communication devices, smaller computer such as handheld computer, in-vehicle devices etc. Windows CE interface is similar to that of Windows operating system. This operating system also supports multitasking, Internet access, e-mails etc. Many application programs such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel etc. that are developed for this operating system can be run with Windows CE. ii) Pocket PC 2002 Pocket PC 2002 is, also developed by Microsoft and is used on a specific type of handheld computer called the pocket PC. It is similar to Windows XP operating system and is used to access Internet, listen to music, and watch a video and to create word processing and spreadsheet documents etc. See Also or Related Articles:
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