Task 2. Answer the following questions.

 

1. What is an operating system? 2. What system provides an interface between applications programs and the computer hardware? 3. Is the work of the operating system always obvious to the user? 4. What is the most important program in an OS? 5. How does the supervisor program work? 6. What is the difference between resident and non-resident programs? 7. How can you explain the meaning “command driven”? 8. What is a command prompt? 9. How can you define Unix? What versions is it available in? 10. What do you know about GUI? 11. What are three main functions of an operating system? Give some examples to prove your answer. 12. Why is it important to assess the operating system on a computer before buying it? 13. What is multiprogramming?

Task 3. Give the Ukrainian equivalents for:

load, available, multi-tasking computer, user, user interface, word processor, non-resident programs, command-driven, execute, abbreviations, multi-user mainframe computer, printing files, blank, graphical user interface

Task 4. Find the English equivalents for the following word combinations.

 

1. командний рядок, підказка; 2. прикладні програми; 3. текстовий процесор; 4. електронні таблиці; 5. операційна система; 6. пакет програм; 7. резидентна програма; 8. керуюча програма, програма розпорядник; 9. великі комп'ютери; 10. піктограми; 11. натиснути і відпустити клавішу; 12. апаратне забезпечення комп'ютера

 

Task 5. Mark the following as True or False.

 

1. The work of the operating system takes place in the background and is always obvious to the user. 2. The most important in an OS is the supervisor program. 3. Programs that remain in memory while the computer is in use are known as non-resident programs. 4. The screen is usually blank except for a symbol (e.g.$) which acts as a command prompt. 5. OS commands are usually long words. 6. Unix is a command driven operating system used in all sizes of computer but mostly large multi-user, multi-tasking mainframe computers. 7. The hardware doesn’t need software to make it work. 8. An application software package communicates directly with the hardware. 9. An operating system has only two main functions.

 

Task 6. Match the terms in Table A with the statements in Table B.