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Operating system 2 mark

An operating system (OS) manages application programs and provides services through an API. An interpreter executes high-level language instructions directly without converting them to machine code. Time sharing OS allows multiple tasks to run simultaneously, and a Process Control Block (PCB) stores information about a process.

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Operating system 2 mark

An operating system (OS) manages application programs and provides services through an API. An interpreter executes high-level language instructions directly without converting them to machine code. Time sharing OS allows multiple tasks to run simultaneously, and a Process Control Block (PCB) stores information about a process.

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Two marks

1.What is os ?
An operating system (OS) is the program that, after being initially loaded into
the computer by a boot program, manages all of the other application
programs in a computer. The application programs make use of the
operating system by making requests for services through a defined
application program interface (API).
2.what is interpreter ?
An interpreter is a program that directly executes the instructions in a high-
level language, without converting it into machine code. In programming, we
can execute a program in two ways. Firstly, through compilation and
secondly, through an interpreter.
3. what are the tasks performed by time sharing operating system ?
Time sharing OS allows the user to perform more than one task at a time,
each task getting the same amount of time to execute. Hence, the name time
sharing OS. Multiple jobs are running at the CPU time and also, they use the
CPU simultaneously.
4.write the few examples of os ?
• Apple macOS
• Microsoft Windows
• Google's Android OS
• Linux Operating System
• Apple iOS.
5.what is on process control ?
A Process Control Block (PCB) is a data structure used by the operating
system to store all the information about a process, including its state,
program counter, CPU registers, memory allocation, and scheduling
information.

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