On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 7:57 PM, Alan Gauld <alan.ga...@btinternet.com>wrote:
> On 03/09/12 22:46, Dwight Hutto wrote: > > But a script is always running in the background of the OS main console >> of the upfront GUI app users usually see, correct? >> > > Not every OS has a main console behind the GUI, but in the case of *nix > its true. > > On *nix there is a cron daemon that runs in the background. > but one job running in the background controllingfat boy slim dozens(?) of > others is way more efficient than dozens of programs all running idle in > the background and periodically springing into action. > But each OS(BIOS handler) has a way of providing/accepting instructions to the processor, which is constantly procedural. This has to have a terminal at some point. What is meant by behind a console, and running without a console, just a window system, and a file set that deals with instructions/errors based on BIOS input/output? -- Best Regards, David Hutto *CEO:* *http://www.hitwebdevelopment.com*
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