Across
- 2. a portion of a program that can run independently of other portions.
- 3. distinct processing programs concurrently.
- 4. ________ system a type of system developed for the earliest computers that used punched cards or tape for input, which were entered in a batch.
- 7. when two or more CPUs share the same main memory, most I/O devices, and the same control program routines. They service the same job stream and
- 8. physical system such as jet aircraft or ships.
Down
- 1. the primary part of the operating system that remains in random access memory (RAM) and is charged with performing the system’s most essential tasks, such as
- 2. a composite measure of a system’s efficiency that counts the number of jobs served in a given unit of time.
- 3. ____________system a dedicated computer system, often small and fast, that resides in a
- 5. main memory and disk access.
- 6. ______ machine is a/an application that emulates the functionality of a computer system.