Category Archives: Operating System

An operating system (OS) is a collection of software that manages computer hardware resources and provides common services for computer programs ( Wikipedia )

Mac Messages Primer Tutorial

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The Messages application on Mac OS X (seen here on Mavericks (10.9.1)) is great for responding to notifications on a Mac without necessarily leaving the application you are in. Today an iPad sends a message (via the iMessage messenger service) … Continue reading →

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Windows Control Panel Action Center Primer Tutorial

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Is there the one place on your Windows computer where you can check on messaging arrangements, view alerts and take actions for? Virus Protection Spyware and Related Protection Windows Update Checking for Updates Network Firewall Internet Security Settings User Account … Continue reading →

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PHP/Javascript Hangman Game Tutorial

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Do you like word games? Today’s game is well known to lots of people … Hangman. It uses English words, based on the dictionary arrangements at its (web) server. Maybe it would be a good game to learn English vocabulary. … Continue reading →

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Mac Mavericks iBooks Primer Tutorial

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The iBooks application on Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9.1) is great for shopping for Books online. Please don’t get me wrong because there are loads of other big and good online (and offline “books and mortar”) bookshops out there, but … Continue reading →

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Mac Finder Tags in Mavericks Primer Tutorial

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The Finder application on Mac is a very valuable tool to learn to explore your hard disks and control your removable media. Recently a new version of Mac OS X (Mavericks or 10.9) introduced some new features for all those … Continue reading →

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VAX/VMS and DCL Primer Tutorial

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Am gobsmacked that VAX/VMS mainframes and their absolutely stupendous DCL operating system command language software did not make that transition into popular home usage today. It was (and probably is still, with OpenVMS) such a solid and wonderful hardware/software/networking (DECNet) … Continue reading →

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PHP Show Linux Processes Primer Tutorial

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The Linux (or unix) command ps shows process information at the command line of a Linux (or unix) operating system. The performance of your Mac laptop or web server can be monitored, albeit in a non-GUI rather crude way using … Continue reading →

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Linux diff Primer Tutorial

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The Linux (or unix) command diff is a powerful command line tool that does file comparisons at the command line of a Linux (or unix) operating system. When you are coding this type of tool can be very important. You … Continue reading →

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