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Operating System: What It Does Than by What It Is

The operating system manages all of the computer's resources and provides services for programs to run. It can be viewed as a resource manager that efficiently allocates memory, processors, disks, network bandwidth and other hardware among users and application programs. The operating system also presents a virtual machine interface to simplify programming and provide common services like process management and input/output handling. Modern operating systems support various types of systems from time-sharing computers to desktops, servers, handheld devices and more.

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Operating System: What It Does Than by What It Is

The operating system manages all of the computer's resources and provides services for programs to run. It can be viewed as a resource manager that efficiently allocates memory, processors, disks, network bandwidth and other hardware among users and application programs. The operating system also presents a virtual machine interface to simplify programming and provide common services like process management and input/output handling. Modern operating systems support various types of systems from time-sharing computers to desktops, servers, handheld devices and more.

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OPERATING SYSTEM

what it does than by what it is


User 1 User 2 User 3 ……... User n

Compiler Assembler Text Editor ……….. Database


System

Operating System

Computer
Hardware

Abstract View of the components of a computer


system
Design & Implementation
Overview
Process Management
Storage Management
I/ O Systems
Distributed Systems
Protection & Security
Overview

A modern computer system consists


of one or more processors, some
main memory, disks, printers, a
keyboard, a display, network input/
output devices other interfaces and
other.
INTRODUCTION

A computer cannot perform any work without


software. With its software a computer can store,
process, and retrieve information, play music and
videos; send e-mail, search the Internet.

Computer Software can be divided in two kinds:

System programs, which manage the operation of


the computer itself, and application programs,
which perform the actual work the user wants.

Fundamental system program is the operating


system, whose job is to control all the computer’s
resources and provide upon which the application
programs can be written.
Operating Systems can be viewed
from two viewpoint:
1) Resource Manager
2) An Extended Machine
As Resource Manager the job of
operating system is to efficiently
manage the different parts of the
system. The operating system is
designed to maximize resource
utilization.
In the extended machine view the job
of the system is to provide the users
with a virtual machine which is more
convenient to use than actual
machine.
Performance is important to the
users.
We can view an operating system as
a resource allocator.
An operating system is a control
program written in C language.

A control program manages the


execution of user programs to prevent
errors and improper use of the
computer.
The operating system resides in
memory

The operating system could perform


job scheduling.
Mainframe Systems :
Used to tackle commercial & scientific application

Batch Systems: To speed up


processing, operators batched
together jobs with similar needs and
ran them through the computer as a
group.
Multiprogrammed Systems:

Multiprogramming increases CPU


utilisation by organising jobs so that
the CPU always has one eecute.
Operating system keeps several jobs
in memory simultaneously in a queue.
Operating system picks and begins to
eeute one of the jobs in the memory.
Time-Sharing systems:

Also known as multitasking


CPU executes multiple jobs by switching
from one job to another frequently and user
can interact with each program while it is
running.
An interactive computer system provides
direct communication between user and
system.
A time shared operating system
allows many users to share the
computer simultaneously.
As the system switches rapidly from
one user to the next , each user is
given the4 impression that the entire
computer system is dedicated to her,
though it is shared by many users.
Desktop Systems

Multiprocessor Systems:
Also known as parallel system or
tightly coupled system.are growng in
importance.
Distributed Systems:
Client- Server Systems

Computer –server systems


File- server systems

Peer-to-Peer Systems :
Client Client Client Client

Server
Clustered Systems

Real- Time Systems

Handheld Systems

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