Multiple choice

Which of the following type of operating systems have very little user-interface capability and used mainly to control machinery, and scientific instruments?

  1. Real-time operating systems

  2. Single-user, single task

  3. Single-user, preemptive multi-tasking

  4. Multi-user

  5. Cooperative multitasking

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Explanation

Real-time operating systems are used to control machinery, scientific instruments and industrial systems. An RTOS typically has very little user-interface capability, and no end-user utilities, since the system will be a sealed box when delivered for use. A very important part of an RTOS is managing the resources of the computer so that a particular operation executes in precisely the same amount of time, every time it occurs.