Seminar Topic: Google Chrome OS

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PRAKASHAN T V S8CSE ROLL NO 42 GECW

Abstract
This Seminar on Google Chrome Operating System discusses the features,capabilities and functioning of the Google Chrome Operating System, along with its divergence from a typical Operating System covering its expected advantages and setbacks.The new operating system, aptly named Google Chrome OS, will be a Linux-based, opensource operating system initially geared toward netbooks. The Chrome OS, originally planned for release in the second half of 2010 and finally release in may 2011, is mostly just the Chrome browser running on top of a very lightweight Linux base.simple interface, based off Google's existing Chrome browser. Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS. Quite suitably, this Seminar involves major discussions on how it is a concept for a very portable and low cost "cloud" terminal. This also explains how and why the operating system is the browser and how it behaves like a browser, in the case of this unique Operating System. WHAT IS GOOGLE CHROME OS Google source operatingsystem designed by Google to work exclusively with web applications. Chrome OS will not be available as a download to run and install.Instead, the operating system will only ship on specific hardware from Google's manufacturing partners.On account of the cloud concept, the weightlessness feature is a plus under this OS, which implies virtually no data storage hassles. Also, it is heavily webcentric,considering the fact that the operating system uses a high speed internet connection facility.