The CD and DVD are the versions of an optical disk which mainly differ in size and manufacturing method. Generally, a DVD can store more data than a CD, its one of the reason is that CD contain the polycarbonate substrate on only a single side while in DVDs it present on both of the sides. We have already discussed the construction and working principle of the optical disk in our previous article difference between Magnetic Disk and Optical disk. The CD and DVD work on optical technology … [Read more...]

SSD and HDD are the secondary storage devices technically perform the same operation but have completely different features, and are constructed differently using the distinct materials. There are various factors which distinguish the SSD from the HDD along with their advantages and disadvantages. The SSD (Solid State Drive) consists of an electronic circuitry made up of semiconductors while HDD (Hard Disk Drive) contains the electromechanical components. The performance of the SSD is very … [Read more...]

The Magnetic disk and Optical disk are the storage devices provides a way to store data for a long duration. These disks differ in many characteristics; firstly magnetic disk works by using magnetising material over the disk whereas in optical disk polycarbonate plastic is used in its construction and laser is used to store and retrieve the data. The magnetic and optical disk comes under the category of secondary storage devices. The need to devise these devices has emerged because the … [Read more...]

Network Operating System falls under the category of Distributed architectures where a large number of computer systems are connected with each other with the help of a network. Although the implementation of the network operating system is simpler than the distributed operating system. The network operating system and distributed operating system are distinguished by the characteristics they are having, such as the in network operating system each system runs its own operating system while the … [Read more...]

The Time Sharing and Real Time operating systems are the types of operating systems which can be differentiated in many ways. The time sharing operating system is used to perform general tasks while real-time operating system tends to have a very specific task. The significant difference between time sharing and the real-time operating system is that time sharing operating systems concentrates on the generation of the quick response to the subrequest. On the other hand, the real-time operating … [Read more...]

RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disk) are the group of disk organisation techniques evolved to deal with the reliability and performance. The fundamental difference between the RAID 0 and RAID 1 is that the RAID level 0 does not contain redundant data, in fact, it uses striping. On the other hand, RAID level 1 uses mirroring and contain redundant data. The RAID was initially abbreviated as redundant disks of inexpensive disks because it was devised for providing large disk capacities at … [Read more...]

FAT32 and NTFS are the files systems used in an operating system. NTFS is the successor of the FAT32 which is used in newer versions of operating systems such as Windows NT and 2000 and its later versions while FAT32 is the oldest version of the file systems and used in earlier versions of the operating system such as DOS and Windows version before XP. The prior difference between FAT32 and NTFS is that NTFS file system can trace the changes committed in the system with the help of maintaining … [Read more...]

The operating system provides measures to prevent the interference with the utilization of logical and physical resources, which are known as security and protection. The security and protection are sometimes interchangeably used as they do not sound very distinctive. Although, the terms security and protection are majorly different. The main difference between security and protection lies within the fact that the security handles the external information threats in the computer systems whereas … [Read more...]

Most of us generally know what a ROM memory (Read Only Memory) is. It is so called "read-only" because it holds a persistent pattern of data that cannot be altered. The PROM, EPROM, EEPROM and flash are the types of ROM. In this article, we will understand the difference between PROM and EPROM specifically. So, the main difference between PROM and EPROM is that the PROM can be programmed just once means that it can be written only one time whereas EPROM is erasable; hence it can be reprogrammed … [Read more...]

A program and a process are related terms. The major difference between program and process is that program is a group of instructions to carry out a specified task whereas the process is a program in execution. While a process is an active entity, a program is considered to be a passive one. There exist a many-to-one relationship between process and program, which means one program can invoke multiple processes or in other words multiple processes can be a part of the same program. Content: … [Read more...]