Research Topics

A.

A. Research the size of operating system software by finding the amount of secondary storage (disk) space required of the same operating system or different operating systems. If their sizes are substantially different, explain why that may be the case, such as platform issues, features, etc. Cite your sources.


B.
 Consult current literature to research file-naming conventions for four different operating systems. Note the acceptable range of characters, maximum length, case sensitivity, etc. Give example of both acceptable and unacceptable filenames. For extra credit, how File Managers for those operating system shorten long filenames in their internal lists to make them easier to manipulate. Cite your sources.




Exercises.



1.explain in your own words why file deallocation is important and what would happen if it did not occuron a regular basis .

>It depends in the operating system that is use.And most of the modem operating system will deaalocate all files.


2.Describe how the file manager allocates a file to a single user.List the tips that you think would be followed and explain your reasoning.


3.Is device independence important to the File Manager?Why or why not?Describe the consequences if that were not the case.

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