What is virtualization?
What is a hypervisor and how is it used?
Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual version of something. Hypervisor or virtual machine manager
is the software or firmware that creates a virtual machine on the host hardware.
There are three "families" of operating systems used on desktop computers today-Windows, Mac, and
Linux.
Name one example of each.
Also, name an advantage each one might have over the other two.
Windows- Windows 10 Has become a lot more user friendly than past versions and the number one
benefit of windows over other systems is its ability to run so many different applications.
Mac- OS X is a unix based operating system which makes it very hard to get viruses, but the downfall is
its only able to be ran on apple-built systems unless you hack it making it illegal.
Linux- Ubuntu linux is another unix-like based operating system which means you get the flexibility of
unix with tweaks, but it is different because it is an open source code which makes it a lot better than the
other systems because you can change it to fit you and its free.
Discuss at least 4 common tasks of operating systems. Explain how Windows might accomplish one of
the tasks and how the Mac OS or Linux might accomplish it differently.
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