Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to rei

Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

As computers have evolved, the complexity of operating systems has increased in load and in the types of functions that the operating system supports in the execution of application programs on the computer. With the expansion of the role of operating systems, new models and designs have emerged.

Investigate the library and Internet for information about single-processor versus multiple-processor and single-core versus multi-core operating systems.

• Describe the differences between single-processor and single-core operating systems versus their counterparts, multiple-processor and multi-core operating systems.
• Name 3 merits of a multi-processor operating system over a single-processor operating system.
• Name 3 merits of multi-core operating systems over single core operating systems.