Types of Operating System

Types of Operating System

Operating System are classified into the following types depending on their processing capabilities.

1.  Single User Operating Systems

An operating system allows only a single user to perform a task at a time. It is called as a Single user and single Task operating system. For a user, a task is a function such as printing a document, writing a file to disk, editing a file or downloading a file etc. MS-DOS is an example for a single user and single task Operating System.

2. Multi-user Operating Systems

It is used in computers and laptops that allow same data and applications to be accessed by multiple users at the same time. The users can also communicate with each other. Windows, Linux and UNIX are examples for multi-user Operating System.