Desktop Operating System ( O.S ) :
- An O.S which controls and manages both Hardware devices and application software in a single computer is called as Desktop O.S
- Example: MSDOS, Windows 95/98/XP Home Edition ..etc
Network Operating System ( O.S ):
- An O.S which control and manages both Hardware devices and application software in all computer in that network is called as Network O.S
- Example: Windows NT/ 2000 / 2003 / UNIX / LINUX / Novell Netware ..etc
What is Networking ?
Networking: Connecting two or more computers or network devices ( Router / Print Servers / Firewall Devices etc ) for sharing the Resources ( Printer / Internet / Data / Software ...etc)
What are the advantage or need of Networking ?
By are the network resources:
- 1. You can reduce the cost
- 2. You can manage / control the resources from single location
- 3. You can provide safety and security to the recourses.
List of Microsoft family O.S:
- MSDOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System )
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows me ( Millennium Edition )
- Microsoft Windows NT ( New Technology )
- Windows NT Server 4.0
- Windows NT Workstation 4.0
- Microsoft Windows 2000 family
- Windows 2000 Professional
- Windows 2000 Server
- Windows 2000 Advance Server
- Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
- Microsoft Windows XP (eXPerince)
- Windows XP Home, Edition
- Windows XP Professional, Edition
- Microsoft Windows 2003 family
- Windows 2003 Standard Edition, Server
- Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition, Server
- Windows 2003 Datacenter Edition, Server
- Windows 2003 Web Edition, Server
- Microsoft Windows Vista family
- Windows Vista , Home Basic Edition
- Windows Vista, Home Premium Edition
- Windows Vista, Business Edition
- Windows Vista, Enterprise Edition
- Windows Vista, Ultimate Edition
- Microsoft Windows 2008 family
- Windows 7, Home Basic Edition
- Windows 7, Home Premium Edition
- Windows 7, Business Edition
- Windows 7, Enterprise Edition
- Windows 7, Ultimate Edition