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What is an Operating System?

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A computer is a combination of hardware and software. The hardware components of a computer include a monitor, a keyword, a power supply, hard drives, a motherboard, memory modules, processors, a system fan, and other devices. A computer may also have some external devices such as a printer, fax, and a hard drive. The software component of a computer is a set of software applications including the operating system that makes hardware talk to each other and tell them to do something such as print.  In the desktop world, Microsoft Windows is the most installed operating system and controls 82% of desktops. Apple’s macOS is installed on 13% of computers. The rest of the 5% is shared among various operating systems including Linux. According to global data collected by statcounter (image below), Android is the most popular operating system in the world with 40% of the world’s devices powered by Android. To be exact, Android, Windows, iOS, OS X, and Linux are the top 5 most popular...

Mobile Operating system?

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When you purchase a mobile device the manufacturer will have chosen the operating system for that specific device.  Often, you will want to learn about the mobile operating system before you purchase a device to ensure compatibility and support for the mobile applications you want to use. 1. Android OS (Google Inc.) The Android mobile operating system is Google's open and free software stack that includes an operating system, middleware and also key applications for use on mobile devices, including smartphones. Updates for the open source Android mobile operating system have been developed under "dessert-inspired" version names (Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich) with each new version arriving in alphabetical order with new enhancements and improvements. 2. Bada (Samsung Electronics) Bada is a proprietary Samsung mobile OS that was first launched in 2010. The Samsung Wave was the first smartphone to use this mobile OS. Bada prov...

What is Ip Address?

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IP Address is the computer’s address where the internet traffic is delivered. IP Address are of two types – Dynamic and Static IP. Here in this article, we have discussed everything about Static IP Address and Dynamic IP address and how they are different from each other. What is the Difference Between Static and Dynamic IP Address? Everyone using the internet should have enough knowledge regarding IP Address. Well, we all know that there’s something known as ‘IP Address’. But, there are only a few who knows what it does. Having enough knowledge regarding IP Address can help you in multiple ways which we will discuss in this article. So, let’s start with IP Address? What’s an IP Address? Well, in simple words, IP Address is an address of a device that’s connected to a network. IP Address is nothing more than a unique numerical identifier that is assigned to devices that were connected to the internet. The IP Address helps to identify each connection uniquely. IP Address is t...

What is Android Rooting?

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Rooting in Android is the same as jailbreaking in OS. It allows Android users to access subsystem of your device and work with it in the same way as with SD Card or internal storage. Root user (Superuser) has unlimited access to any file or folder and can perform any operation in Android OS. To put it simple, root access is a possibility to work with Android root filesystem without any restrictions. What happens when you root your phone? Rooting a phone is modifying its filesystem in order to give Superuser privileges in the root directory of a smartphone or tablet. A root app gains complete access to Android. As a result, root user acquires an unlimited range of permissions on an Android device. If the app also is given Superuser access, it can perform absolutely any operation on the phone. How to find out if your phone is rooted? In fact, it’s pretty easy to find out whether your phone is rooted or not. If it’s new and using basic Android firmware, I figure you don’t have root ...