Wednesday, March 19, 2014

WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM

Microsoft Windows is the most popular operating system around the world. Even those
who are new to computers can use it with a little practice. With the help of Windows, we can
operate the computer just by clicking the mouse buttons, Windows95, Windows98, Windows
2000 and Windows XP are the various versions of Windows.
Windows is an operating system. It is the extension of the disk operating system.
Windows is system software. It requires DOS to run the application programs. The DOS should
be loaded into the memory before the window is executed. After the windows is loaded into the
memory the windows environment takes all the device controls. It also takes care of the memory
management of the programs run by the windows software".

Types of windows

There are two types of windows. They are
(a) Application windows - displays the executable program in graphical user interface mode.
(b) Document window - generated by executable or application program.

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