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BTEC UNIT 27: Operating systems - Assignment 1 Title - Operating systems development - 1 Issue Date: W/C 30th October 2006 Deadline Date: W/C 13th November Criteria P1, P2, M1, M2 Task 1 1. Identify four main areas of development of operating systems. [P1] Networking: Most current operating systems are capable of using the now-universal TCP/IP networking protocols. This means that one system can appear on a network of the other and share resources such as files, printers, and scanners. Many operating systems also support one or more vendor-specific legacy networking protocols as well, for example, SNA on IBM systems, DECnet on systems from Digital Equipment Corporation, and Microsoft-specific protocols on Windows. Specific protocols for specific tasks may also be supported such as NFS for file access. Memory management: Memory management has always been one of the most important and interesting aspects of any operating system for serious developers. It is an aspect that kernel developers ignore. Memory management,...

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