Network Operation Systems - Linux | UNIX | Netware | NT Server | Solaris other Networking Servers

Network Operating System - An operating system that supports network is called network operating system. It normally works on a server.Some Examples of Network operating system are windows NT Server, Windows 2000 server, NetWare, Linux and solaris.

1: NetWare

                    Novell,s Netware is a network operating system.It has developed by Novell during mid 1980,s.It is designed for client/server networks.The server portion of this operating system resides on network server and client portion resides on each client computer.

2: Windows NT Server:
                                    Windows NT Server is a product of Microsoft. It is designed for client/server networks.The server in the network uses Windows NT Server. The client computers use Windows NT Workstation or other stand-alone version of windows.

3: Windows 2003 Server:
                                        Windows 2003 server is an upgraded version of windows 2000 server. It has some additional features. It Provides the facilities of website management and hosting application development tools etc.

3: UNIX:
               UNIX is a Multitasking operating system. It was developed in early 1970s at Bell Labroratories. Many versions of this operating system are available. It uses command-line interface. It is mainly use in network environments. It is very popular for its security.

4: Linux:
               Linux is free and multitasking operating system. It was developed in 1991. It is an open source Software. It means that its code is available to the public. Some version of Linux use command-line interface and others use GUI. Some most widely used versions of Linux are from RedHat and Caldera.

5: Solaris:
                 Solaris is a version of UNIX operating system. It was developed by Sun Microsystems. It is a network operating system designed for e-commerce applications.It can manage high traffic accounts and security for web transactions. The client version of Solaris is called CDE. Its stands for Common Desktop Environment.