"Operating system" has been used in many different contexts other than the specific single-machine hardware definition. An operating system can be considered more abstractly as an environment in which programs execute and have effects.
In the context of a cognitive system, it is natural to extend the idea of an operating system to referring to the management of resources, as in attention, or to the control and coordination of enactive systems with respect to external domains that they generalize over. Whatever the case, as long as the term is carefully defined in context, it's a perfectly reasonable choice of words, IMO. On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Kyle Kidd via AGI <[email protected]> wrote: > The purpose of an "operating system" in computer science is to provide an > interface to electronic hardware. I have not seen any mention of how > actual hardware resources are being managed. If it needs to rely on the > resource management of an already functioning OS, then it fails as an true > operating system. > > I agree with Alan that misusing of the term operating system is probably > enough for most researchers to dismiss everything else. > > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 6:52 PM, Alan Grimes via AGI <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Daniel Martin via AGI wrote: >> > Greetings all… >> > >> > This post will present the future direction for my research and >> development. After the Atom architecture is tested and completed, it will >> be used as the component in a future FlowStone project that will construct >> a primitive Mind OS architecture. Attach is a project description for such >> an architecture that will perform within a limited knowledge domain. >> >> In what way is your proposal an operating system in the sense that DOS >> is an operating system? >> >> I am hesitant to dismiss the ideas of a newcomer, especially when some >> work was obviously put into presenting them. However, I am having >> trouble getting through your jargon to really evaluate whether you stand >> a chance of getting anywhere. >> >> -- >> IQ is a measure of how stupid you feel. >> >> Powers are not rights. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------- >> AGI >> Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now >> RSS Feed: >> https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/12578217-f409cecc >> >> Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; >> Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com >> > > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/18769370-bddcdfdc> | > Modify > <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> > Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
