Which of the following is a single user operating system?

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Question

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SSC CHSL 2020 Official Paper 20 ( Held on: 5 Aug 2021 Shift 2)

Answer 1

The correct answer is MS-DOS.

Key Points

An operating system that allows a single user to perform only one task at a time is called a Single-User Single-Tasking Operating System.
Functions like printing a document, downloading images, etc., can be performed only one at a time. Examples include MS-DOS, Palm OS, etc.
Advantage:
- This operating system occupies less space in memory.
Disadvantage:
- It can perform only a single task at a time.

Additional Information

There are four types of operating systems -
- Real-time operating system.
- Single-User/Single-Tasking operating system.
- Single-User/Multitasking operating system.
- Multi-User/Multitasking operating system.
A real-time operating system is designed to run real-time applications. It can be both single- and multi-tasking. Examples include Abbasi, AMX RTOS, etc.
An operating system that allows a single user to perform more than one task at a time is called Single-User Multitasking Operating System.
Examples include Microsoft Windows and Macintosh OS.
It is an operating system that permits several users to utilize the programs that are concurrently running on a single network server. The single network server is termed as "Terminal server". "Terminal client" is software that supports user sessions. Examples include UNIX, MVS, etc.