Summary of "Histoire des systèmes d'exploitation"

Main Ideas and Concepts:

Definition and Role of Operating Systems (OS): An operating system acts as an intermediary between the physical hardware of a computer (memory, disks, processor, network cards, etc.) and the applications used by end-users. Applications rely on the OS to access hardware resources and provide services.
Examples of Operating Systems:
- Windows (Microsoft)
- MacOS and iOS (Apple)
- Android (Google)
- Unix and Linux (Linux is part of the Unix family, appearing later than Unix)
Services Provided by Operating Systems:
- File Management: Organizing files logically and physically on storage devices.
- Memory Management: Allocating and sharing memory among multiple running applications.
- Process Management: Handling running applications (processes), including starting and stopping them.
- Input/Output Management: Managing hardware inputs and outputs such as network cards (internet access), sound cards, video cards, printers, etc.
Historical Development of Operating Systems:
- 1940s:
  - First electronic calculating machines built with vacuum tubes.
  - Machines were large, slow, and had very limited input/output capabilities.
  - Programmers directly interacted with the machine, performing many manual operations. The roles of designer, builder, programmer, and operator were often combined in one person.
- 1955-1965:
  - Introduction of transistors, marking the real beginning of Operating Systems.
  - Use of punched cards for program input/output, allowing separation of roles: programmers created the cards, operators loaded/unloaded them into the computer.
  - Operating Systems began managing memory, processes (program execution), and input/output operations such as reading cards and printing results.
  - The mid-1960s is recognized as the period when Operating Systems were truly invented.

Methodology / Key Points (in bullet format):

Understand that an OS mediates between hardware and applications.
Recognize the main OS services: file management, memory management, process management, and input/output management.
Know the timeline of OS development:
- 1940s: Vacuum tube computers, manual operation, no OS as we know it.
- 1955-1965: Transistor computers, punched cards, emergence of OS managing memory, processes, and I/O.
Acknowledge the evolution from combined roles (designer/programmer/operator) to separated roles due to OS development.

Speakers / Sources:

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