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Operating System - An Introduction - Subuhi

An operating system acts as an interface between users and computer hardware, and has four main components: user, application software, operating system, and computer hardware. Operating systems can be categorized based on the type of computer system they are designed for, such as mainframe, desktop, or real-time systems. They manage processes, memory, files, storage, security, and provide services like program execution and I/O operations.

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Operating System - An Introduction - Subuhi

An operating system acts as an interface between users and computer hardware, and has four main components: user, application software, operating system, and computer hardware. Operating systems can be categorized based on the type of computer system they are designed for, such as mainframe, desktop, or real-time systems. They manage processes, memory, files, storage, security, and provide services like program execution and I/O operations.

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Operating System - An Introduction

It is an interface between the user and the hardware of a computer system

Four Components of a Computer


System
User User User User
1 2 3 n

Application Software

Operating System

Computer
Hardware
Types of Operating System
Operating System

Mainframe Desktop Multiprocessor Distributed Real Time Hand Held


Systems Systems Systems Systems Systems Systems

Batch Systems Client- Server


Systems

Multiprogramed
Peer-to-peer
Systems Systems

Time Sharing/
Multitasking Systems
Components of an Operating System

Process
Management
Main
I/O System
Memory
Management
Management
File
Management
Secondary
Protection
Storage
System
Management

Networking
Services Provided by the
Operating System

 Program Execution
 I/O Operations
 File System Manipulation
 Communications
 Error Detection
 Resource Allocation
 Protection

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