WEB BASED OPERATING SYSTEM

Welcome to the time of futurity where the world is using an operating system which has some share on network, some share on local disk, something that is omnipresent. Basically, an operating system which you can access from anywhere, all what you need is to logon to through the browser. Yes, that’s the funda of Web based operating system.
Famous Book author Andrew Tenenbaum defines an operating system as the infrastructure components of a computer system which is responsible for management and coordination of activities and sharing of limited resources of the computer. We thereby concentrate on what is basically the web based operating system (a.k.a. WebOS) is? Well, with simple terms WEB BASED OPERATING SYSTEM is just traditional operating system that focused on supporting Web applications themselves, or a desktop operating system solely providing Web access. As a part, a Web OS can also be termed as Globally Hosted Operating system (a.k.a GHoSt). It’s an attempt to take your desktop, files and favorite web services and combine them to an integrated single web-based operating system.
An operating system with all features significantly with user maintained File system on network. Now question arises is that if it’s an operating system then what about the sharing resources other file system and application? Well, that inhibits the scope of a web based operating system. Now, let’s have a look on why do we require a webOS?
WHY DO YOU REQUIRE A WEB OS?
A key question which cannot be ignored today why we need a web operating system. Since it is possible to make use a vast range of web applications straight from browsers window, and store all our documents, video’s and emails online. With the advent of Adobe AIR and Google gears it now becoming easier than to take application install on your operating system and use it. Thus it is easier to transplant your desktop operating system to an operating system that can be accessed from your browser window ubiquitously.

EXAMPLES: GOOGLE OS DIRECTLY FROM BROWSER:

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