Computer Applications
What is a Real Time Operating System? How is it different from other OSs in terms of processing ?
Answer
In real time operating system, the jobs have fixed deadlines and the jobs have to be completed within their deadlines. The system performance is measured by its ability to complete its jobs within the specified deadlines. Some examples are LynxOS, OSE, RT Linux etc.
A real-time operating system as to get the job done within a fixed time limit, which is not the case with the other operating systems.