A+ Certification/Exam Objectives/Operating Systems
< A+ Certification < Exam ObjectivesIdentifying operating systems
Although the examination focuses almost exclusively on Microsoft's Windows operating system (OS), one should also know about differences among other operating systems.
Microsoft operating systems:
- Legacy Windows OSes (need only to know upgrade paths):
- Windows 95
- Windows 98
- Windows ME
- Windows NT 4.0
- Windows 2000
- Windows XP
- Current Windows OSes (focus on these for the new exam):
- Windows Vista
- Windows 7
- Windows 8
- Windows 10
Apple operating systems:
- Mac OS X (which is based on Unix-like system-exam question)
- iOS (for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch)
Unix-like operating systems:
- BSD (and derivations like FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and NetBSD)
- NextStep
- GNU/Linux
- Google Android
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