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| Foreground Process A foreground process is different from a background process in two ways: 1. Some foreground processes show the user an interface, through which the user can in... |
| Background Process Unlike with a foreground process, the shell does not have to wait for a background process to end before it can run more processes. Within the limit of the a... |
| Graphical User Interface (GUI) GUI (Graphical User Interface), where the user clicks on a visual screen that has icons, windows and menus, by using a pointing device, such as a mouse. GUI is ... |
| Command Line Interface (CLI) CLI (Command Line Interface), where the user types a text command and the computer responds accrording to that command. |
| Linux Distributions Linux distributions are developed based on the Linux kernel, adding enhancements, packaged with software and tools for installation and configuration. |
| Flavors Unix is not a single operating system. It is in fact a general name given to dozens of operating systems by different companies, organizations, or groups of ind... |
| Linux * Linux is the kernel of an operating system. * Linux was built on the Unix tradition. * Linux was originally developed by Linus Torwalds of Finland, who curr... |
| Unix Unix is a family of operating systems, which include over a hundred flavors such as HP-UX, IRIX, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris and Tru64. As a registered t... |
| Operating System An operating system (OS) is a program that allows you to interact with the computer -- all of the software and hardware on your computer. Basically, there ar... |
