XML CO527 Anonymous Questions and Answers Keyword Index

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Keyword reference for features

Question 13 (2010):

Submission reference: IN2017

How can you determine between an Operating System's features and its characteristics? So whether concurrency is a feature or characteristic.. etc.. Thanks.

Answer 13:

From 2008 onwards, we haven't distinguished between these. Characteristics are exhibited behaviours/properties, so concurrency, sharing, long-term storage and nondeterminacy are characteristics. Features are inherent properties, including efficiency, reliability, resilience, maintainability and small-size.

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