(9th-12th grades)

Access the following internet link and answer the following questions about Operating Systems:

https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/computerbasics/understanding-operating-systems/1/

1. What is a computer’s operating system?

2. What are the basic functions of an operating system?

3. Why would a computer without an operating system be useless?

4. What is a graphical user interface (GUI)?

5. What are the 3 most common operating systems?

6. When was Microsoft Windows created? Name some of their recent operating system versions for PCs.

7. What do you understand by an open source system?

8. What is the main difference between Windows and Linux?

9. Name 2 examples of operating systems for mobile devices.

10. Name the operating system your mobile or computer device uses.